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Dr Ben Rider-Stokes is an active researcher at the Open University investigating the mineralogical surfaces of asteroids and planets through the analysis of meteorites. He will talk to us about previous missions to asteroids and some that are ongoing. And he will bring meteorites which we will be able to hold and photograph !!<\/p>\n

Ben has several publications which you might want to read before the lecture, a recent paper\u00a0tests a major gap in planetary science knowledge, known as the \u2018Missing Mantle Problem\u2019 with the manuscript entitled \u2018The mystery of the missing mantle problem and insights from spectroscopy\u2019 (Easy to find via Google)<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"dr-ben-rider-stokes-asteroids-and-meteorites","image":false,"all_day":false,"start_date":"2027-02-12 20:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2027","month":"02","day":"12","hour":"20","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2027-02-12 22:00:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2027","month":"02","day":"12","hour":"22","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2027-02-12 20:00:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2027","month":"02","day":"12","hour":"20","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2027-02-12 22:00:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2027","month":"02","day":"12","hour":"22","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"UTC+0","timezone_abbr":"UTC+0","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":63,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2019-10-15 19:14:51","date_utc":"2019-10-15 19:14:51","modified":"2024-02-08 09:02:21","modified_utc":"2024-02-08 09:02:21","url":"https:\/\/ewellastronomy.org\/?tribe_venue=nonsuch-high-school-for-girls","venue":"Nonsuch High School for Girls","description":"

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