Dr. Chris Sanders
@meteocracy.bsky.social
Beni M’Hira Meteorite ☄️
Early in the morning on January 8, 2001, locals observed a meteorite fall that landed near the small village of Ksar Beni M’hira in southeastern Tunisia. This meteorite represents one of only a few documented falls in Tunisia.
#space #astronomy #science #STEM
Early in the morning on January 8, 2001, locals observed a meteorite fall that landed near the small village of Ksar Beni M’hira in southeastern Tunisia. This meteorite represents one of only a few documented falls in Tunisia.
#space #astronomy #science #STEM
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Beni M’Hira Meteorite ☄️
Early in the morning on January 8, 2001, locals observed a meteorite fall that landed near the small village of Ksar Beni M’hira in southeastern Tunisia. This meteorite represents one of only a few documented falls in Tunisia.
#space #astronomy #science #STEM
Early in the morning on January 8, 2001, locals observed a meteorite fall that landed near the small village of Ksar Beni M’hira in southeastern Tunisia. This meteorite represents one of only a few documented falls in Tunisia.
#space #astronomy #science #STEM
The fall occurred near Cumberland Falls, a site famous not only for this celestial visitor but also for being the only place in the Western Hemisphere where you can regularly witness a moonbow -- a rainbow created by moonlight. #meteorite #space #astronomy
September 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The fall occurred near Cumberland Falls, a site famous not only for this celestial visitor but also for being the only place in the Western Hemisphere where you can regularly witness a moonbow -- a rainbow created by moonlight. #meteorite #space #astronomy
Aubrites are rich in enstatite and are unlike any rock naturally found on Earth. This fragment still retains a remnant of its fusion crust, the outer layer that was melted by the intense heat of atmospheric entry.
September 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Aubrites are rich in enstatite and are unlike any rock naturally found on Earth. This fragment still retains a remnant of its fusion crust, the outer layer that was melted by the intense heat of atmospheric entry.
This 6-gram specimen is a piece of the Cumberland Falls meteorite, which fell over Kentucky on April 9, 1919. It’s classified as an aubrite, formed under extremely low-oxygen conditions close to the Sun. This meteorite is rare, with most of its small total weight found only in museums.
September 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This 6-gram specimen is a piece of the Cumberland Falls meteorite, which fell over Kentucky on April 9, 1919. It’s classified as an aubrite, formed under extremely low-oxygen conditions close to the Sun. This meteorite is rare, with most of its small total weight found only in museums.
TnA 001 was recovered in the Agadez region of Niger following a bright fireball observed in the night sky on December 15, 2022.
July 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
TnA 001 was recovered in the Agadez region of Niger following a bright fireball observed in the night sky on December 15, 2022.
We had a great storytime event reading Milo and the Midnight Meteorite and sharing real meteorites with kids at The Storybook Market. They've got the book available for sale there now 🙌
July 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
We had a great storytime event reading Milo and the Midnight Meteorite and sharing real meteorites with kids at The Storybook Market. They've got the book available for sale there now 🙌
Typically, it’s a visually modest stone with fine-grained textures and little variation. But this particular specimen is exceptional: it contains visible vesicles -- gas bubbles preserved in both the interior and exterior. Vesicles are extremely rare in meteorites.
July 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Typically, it’s a visually modest stone with fine-grained textures and little variation. But this particular specimen is exceptional: it contains visible vesicles -- gas bubbles preserved in both the interior and exterior. Vesicles are extremely rare in meteorites.
Jikharra 001 is a eucrite meteorite, which is an achondrite formed from the crust of a differentiated asteroid named 4 Vesta.
July 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Jikharra 001 is a eucrite meteorite, which is an achondrite formed from the crust of a differentiated asteroid named 4 Vesta.
Unlike most irons, Dronino doesn’t show the classic Widmanstätten pattern and instead features a wildly corroded surface full of deep, sponge-like cavities formed over centuries by groundwater reacting with the metal.
June 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Unlike most irons, Dronino doesn’t show the classic Widmanstätten pattern and instead features a wildly corroded surface full of deep, sponge-like cavities formed over centuries by groundwater reacting with the metal.
The Dronino meteorite is an ungrouped iron meteorite discovered in Russia in 2000, believed to have fallen to Earth over a thousand years ago.
June 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The Dronino meteorite is an ungrouped iron meteorite discovered in Russia in 2000, believed to have fallen to Earth over a thousand years ago.
Hammadah al Hamra 346 (HaH 346), also known as “Ghadamis,” is an L6 ordinary chondrite meteorite discovered in early 2019 in the Jabal al Gharbi District of Libya. ☄️
June 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Hammadah al Hamra 346 (HaH 346), also known as “Ghadamis,” is an L6 ordinary chondrite meteorite discovered in early 2019 in the Jabal al Gharbi District of Libya. ☄️
Last week, we launched a high-altitude balloon into the stratosphere. The payload included three Cube Satellite emulators built by rural classroom students we worked with. Their CubeSats collected real atmospheric data, which was returned to the classes for analysis. Fun project!
May 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Last week, we launched a high-altitude balloon into the stratosphere. The payload included three Cube Satellite emulators built by rural classroom students we worked with. Their CubeSats collected real atmospheric data, which was returned to the classes for analysis. Fun project!
The Gyarub Zangbo meteorite is an anomalous pallasite discovered in 2020. Like other pallasites, it contains gorgeous olivine crystals in a metal matrix, but its chemistry is way out of the ordinary.
May 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The Gyarub Zangbo meteorite is an anomalous pallasite discovered in 2020. Like other pallasites, it contains gorgeous olivine crystals in a metal matrix, but its chemistry is way out of the ordinary.
This week, I had the joy of sharing my meteorite collection with two very different classrooms—one full of curious high schoolers and the other full of wide-eyed Pre-K explorers. The questions were wildly different, but the wonder was the same.
May 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This week, I had the joy of sharing my meteorite collection with two very different classrooms—one full of curious high schoolers and the other full of wide-eyed Pre-K explorers. The questions were wildly different, but the wonder was the same.
I'm in love with the stage of patina on my Canyon Diablo meteorite. I tried my best to capture it in these photographs. #space #science #STEM #meteorites #arizona
March 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I'm in love with the stage of patina on my Canyon Diablo meteorite. I tried my best to capture it in these photographs. #space #science #STEM #meteorites #arizona
NWA 15953 - Diogenite from Asteroid 4 Vesta!
#meteorites #science #stem #space #nasa #asteroid #spacelava
#meteorites #science #stem #space #nasa #asteroid #spacelava
March 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NWA 15953 - Diogenite from Asteroid 4 Vesta!
#meteorites #science #stem #space #nasa #asteroid #spacelava
#meteorites #science #stem #space #nasa #asteroid #spacelava
This meteorite is classified as NWA 14596. It’s an LL3, which means it has a very low amount of metal but very in tact chondrules. The chondrules are the little spheres you see visible on both the inside and outside of the meteorite surface.
#meteorites #space #science #NASA #STEM
#meteorites #space #science #NASA #STEM
March 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This meteorite is classified as NWA 14596. It’s an LL3, which means it has a very low amount of metal but very in tact chondrules. The chondrules are the little spheres you see visible on both the inside and outside of the meteorite surface.
#meteorites #space #science #NASA #STEM
#meteorites #space #science #NASA #STEM
My 5.15 gram end cut of the Ksar Ghilane 022 meteorite, which is potentially linked with the Martian Moon Phobos based on a paper expected to be released later this year. Photographed under LW UV light.
#space #science #stem #meteorites #mars
#space #science #stem #meteorites #mars
March 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
My 5.15 gram end cut of the Ksar Ghilane 022 meteorite, which is potentially linked with the Martian Moon Phobos based on a paper expected to be released later this year. Photographed under LW UV light.
#space #science #stem #meteorites #mars
#space #science #stem #meteorites #mars
Teaching more of the little ones about space! They got to hold real meteorites in their hand, including pieces of the Moon and Mars!
They were surprised that the meteorites were older than even me and their teachers (only by about 4 billion years).
#meteorites #space #stem
They were surprised that the meteorites were older than even me and their teachers (only by about 4 billion years).
#meteorites #space #stem
December 13, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Teaching more of the little ones about space! They got to hold real meteorites in their hand, including pieces of the Moon and Mars!
They were surprised that the meteorites were older than even me and their teachers (only by about 4 billion years).
#meteorites #space #stem
They were surprised that the meteorites were older than even me and their teachers (only by about 4 billion years).
#meteorites #space #stem
Our new space science children's book, Milo and the Midnight Meteorite, is about 2/3 of the way toward its funding goal.
Support our Kickstarter here: milosmeteorite.com
#meteorites #space #science #stem #astronomy #nasa
Support our Kickstarter here: milosmeteorite.com
#meteorites #space #science #stem #astronomy #nasa
November 25, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Our new space science children's book, Milo and the Midnight Meteorite, is about 2/3 of the way toward its funding goal.
Support our Kickstarter here: milosmeteorite.com
#meteorites #space #science #stem #astronomy #nasa
Support our Kickstarter here: milosmeteorite.com
#meteorites #space #science #stem #astronomy #nasa