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Lawrence Grossman Professor in Geophysical Sciences Areas of Expertise:
Steve Koppes |
Background:
Lawrence Grossman is a pioneer in the study of the minerals that condensed from gases in the early solar system. His research is aimed at learning more about how the sun and planets formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago. Grossman and his associate, Steven Simon, are members of the Stardust Preliminary Examination Team. The team is producing a general description of samples returned to Earth in January 2006 from Comet Wild-2 by NASA's Stardust spacecraft. Grossman and Simon also analyzed the meteorites that showered Park Forest, Ill., and nearby communities on the evening of March 23, 2006. Asteroid 4565 Grossman was named in his honor in 2000.
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News clippings:
Scientists Doubt Meteorite Sickened Peruvians SPACE.COM September 19, 2007 |
Press releases:
Comet particles provide glimpse of solar system’s birth spasms Chicago scientist to receive Leonard Medal for study of extraterrestrial matter Comet dust from NASA mission under analysis at University of Chicago laboratory |
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Chronicle articles:
Microprobe assists in identifying chemical elements of solids June 8, 2006 University researchers first to examine Stardust mission’s comet samples Analyses pinpoint origin of asteroid’s fatal fireball |
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