We are pleased to announce a five-hours short course on meteorites entitled: "The cosmic billiard - Meteorites and their impacts". We will attempt to cover from the basics of the meteoritics science up to more advanced and try to cover the following issues: 1) what a meteorite is, 2) how do we study a meteorite and why is it important, 4) how a meteorite look like and where is THE place to look for meteorites on earth, 7) how you recover a meteorite from the ice, and 8) are there any sample return missions from other celestial bodies?
The course will be solely VIRTUAL on Thursday, July 7th 2022. The course is dedicated for undergraduate, and graduate students, but more senior scientists are welcomed as well.
Time of the event: (provisionally 2PM - 7PM; all times in Eastern European Summer Time-EEST; CET+1, GMT+3, EST+7, PST+10)
Venue of the workshop: Zoom (webinar mode)
14:00-14:05 Welcome
14:05-15:00 Meteorites - an overview and a way of study (Robert Nicklas)
15:00-15:15 Break
15:15-16:00 Chondrites-Differentiated meteorites-Planet formation processes as suggested by meteorite`s data (Jasmeet K. Dhaliwal)
16:00-16:15 Break
16:15-17:00 Impact cratering and shock metamorphism on Earth (Ludovic Ferrière)
17:00-17:15 Break
17:15-18:00 The Ultimate Meteorite Hunt: Mars Sample Return (Scott VanBommel)
18:00-18:15 Break
18:15-18:35 Antarctica: Coldly Going Where Nobody Has Gone Before (Scott VanBommel)
18:35-19:00 Recovering meteorites in Antarctica from a Greek perspective (Ioannis Baziotis)
19:00-19:15 Time for discussion

*A nominal fee of 10 euros is issued to cover the platform costs.