Rooftop meteorites - You can find your own!
Channel: Genuine Rockstars
Date: 2022-10-26

Dr Martin Suttle is Lecturer in Planetary Science with the Open University who, among other topics, studies micrometeorites. He explains what these dust grains from outer space really are and how you can collect them. Furthermore he explains how sometimes you can link them to comets, asteroids or other large meteorites and what they can tell us about the history and composition of the solar system. 

Check out courses, including those on planetary science taught by Martin on https://www.open.ac.uk/ 


Martins paper on the unexpected alloy in a micrometeorite: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-48937-0


Credits:
Micrometeorites photographed by Scott Peterson who also provides a step-by-step guide on how to collect them: https://micro-meteorites.com/ 
Perry C building in Open University Campus in Milton Keynes – Chmee2 – Wikipedia
Rock and water - InspiredImages from Pixabay
Asteroids - Genty from Pixabay
Geology - Wowa84 from Pixabay
Cosmic Dust - Rostislav Uzunov from Pixabay
A meteorite on the blue ice field in the Miller Range. Image Credit: Nina Lanza - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/25903730963/
Dust - Milan Wulf from Pixabay 
Meteorites - Himanshu Sharma from Pixabay
Collision in the Asteroid Belt - https://youtu.be/TI4vRJPs65U
Meteor burn up in atmosphere - Daniel Mayo on Unsplash
Meteor shower - Simply Art from Pixabay
Micrometeorites in the sky – Martin Suttle
Comet - Christian Bodhi from Pixabay
Comet Neowise – Martin Suttle
Antarctica - David Mark from Pixabay
Rooftops - BeansandSausages from Pixabay
Micrometeorites – Shaw Street – Wikipedia
Comet - https://youtu.be/s6IpsM_HNcU
Shooting stars - https://youtu.be/WXJZweqXC2I
Collision in space - Jody Whiteley from Pixabay
Kathyrka meteorite – Bindi et al., 2016 - https://www.nature.com/articles/srep38117
The Geological time scale - Ray Troll
Asteroid collision - https://youtu.be/1NEdLKlzpx8
Dust - Qlug from Pixabay
Ancona - Felicia Varzari on Unsplash
Acid lab - RephiLe water on Unsplash
Space – 11514282 from Pixabay
Atmospheric entry- https://youtu.be/DfvE2mx19ek
Micrometeorites from rooftop – Suttle et al., 2021 - https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13712
Micrometeorite bead of metal – Scott Peterson https://micro-meteorites.com/
Roof tops - Simply Art from Pixabay
Suspended in water – Melanie During
Magnet - Free Creative Stuff from Pixabay
Micrometeorites – Scott Peterson https://micro-meteorites.com/
Micrometeorites from rooftop – Suttle et al., 2021 - https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13712
Physics - PIRO from Pixabay
Chemistry - SciFirst from Pixabay
Geology - Gylfi Gylfason from Pixabay
Maths - Felix Förster from Pixabay
Coding - Joseph Redfield Nino from Pixabay
Rover landing on Mars 2021 – NASA -  https://youtu.be/4czjS9h4Fpg