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2021-11-30
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Sampling the Solar System: A Key in our Quest to Understand Earth's Origin and Evolution Educational Lectures
Event Description:
Kevin McKeegan, Distinguished Professor of Cosmochemistry and Geochemistry, UCLA, will deliver the Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lecture for the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis.

The public lecture will be in person (facemasks required and a visitor self-screening needs to be completed no earlier than two hours before arriving on campus or upon arrival: visitorscreening.wustl.edu). If you prefer to join via Zoom, please request link by registering at mcss.wustl.edu/events

Abstract: Extraterrestrial samples can be studied in the laboratory in exquisite detail, revealing clues about their origins and, ultimately, about our own planet’s origin and evolution. We currently have materials from asteroids and comets, Mars (most likely) and Earth (of course), the Moon and even the Sun. In this talk, a description will be given of some of these exotic materials, how we’ve come to obtain them, and what their analysis tells us about how our planetary system was formed 4.6 billion years ago. Although much has been learned, important questions remain that can, and must, be addressed by the next decades of planetary exploration.
Additional Event Information
Location: Washington University, One Brookings Drive, Whitaker Hall, Room 100
Directions: Map is available on mcss.wustl.edu/events
Price: Free
Contact janf@wustl.edu
Event Sponsor: McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University
Contact E-Mail: janf@wustl.edu
Contact Website: https://mcss.wustl.edu/events
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