Understanding the Geologic Evolution of the Solar System through Studies of Meteorites

通过陨石研究了解太阳系的地质演化

• 批准号: 261740-2013
• 负责人: Herd, Christopher
• 金额: $ 2.4万
• 依托单位: University of Alberta
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=547871
• 关键词: Understanding; Geologic; Evolution; Solar; System

Meteorites are samples of places in our Solar System where we cannot easily go. By applying existing, high-tech ways of analyzing rocks to these extraterrestrial samples, we can learn about how and when they formed, the processes that have affected them on their parent planet, and how and when they were delivered to the Earth. Meteorites come from asteroids in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, from the Moon and from Mars. With the exception of the Moon and possibly two asteroids, the meteorites are the only samples we have of their parent planets. The University of Alberta Meteorite Collection is the largest University-based collection in Canada, home to over 1000 specimens of 155 different meteorites from around the world.

陨石是太阳系中我们无法轻易到达的地方的样本。通过将现有的高科技岩石分析方法应用于这些外星样本，我们可以了解它们是如何以及何时形成的，它们在母行星上的影响过程，以及它们是如何以及何时被运送到地球的。陨石来自火星和木星轨道之间小行星带的小行星，来自月球和火星。除了月球和可能的两颗小行星外，这些陨石是我们仅有的母行星样本。阿尔伯塔大学陨石收藏是加拿大最大的大学收藏，拥有来自世界各地的155种不同陨石的1000多个标本。