ESA Science & Technology - Spatium 23: Meteorites

Publication date: 01 February 2009

Journal: SPATIUM
Issue: February 2009
Year: 2009

Copyright: Association Pro ISSI

The present issue of Spatium is devoted to meteorites, more specifically however to the good-natured class of small extraterrestrial bodies that continue reaching the Earth without doing major harm. Science has learned to appreciate them as cosmic messengers that faithfully recount the billion year history of our solar system. This role of meteorites was the topic of an exciting lecture by Dr. Beda Hofmann (Natural History Museum of Bern and Institute for Geology, University of Bern) for the Pro ISSI audience on 28 October 2008.