Wisconsin’s Meteorites: Visitors from Space

Thousands of meteorites strike Earth’s surface each year, but most go unnoticed because they land in the ocean or in large, uninhabited areas of land. Wisconsin has only 15 known meteorite falls or finds, ranging from the Algoma meteorite recovered in 1887 to the witnessed fall of the Mifflin meteorite in 2010. Carrie will share the geological and historical stories behind some of these notable finds, as well as provide an update on the museum’s latest acquisition: the Vienna meteorite, Wisconsin’s 15th meteorite and Dane County’s first ever.

Carrie Eaton has been the Curator of the UW Geology Museum since 2009. In addition to managing over 250,000 specimens in the museum collection, she curates and installs permanent and travelling exhibits, directs graduate and undergraduate students, and facilitates use of the museum’s permanent collection for research and education.

This meeting will take place in-person at our usual Space Place classroom location. It will also be streamed live to our Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@madisonastronomicalsociety