GLG 598/490 xxxSpring '00

Meteorites!

• Where do they come from and where do we find them?

• What are they like?
  • classification and components

• What can they tell us?
  • a taste of Meteorites

• Meteorites in Astrobiology: two examples
  • Carbonaceous chondrites and pre-biotic chemistry
  • Life on Mars

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