Projects of the department Solar System, Impacts & Meteorites

Research Topics and Projects of the Department Solar System, Impacts & Meteorites: 

• Impact and shock metamorphism
• Planetary Defence
• NoShade
• The Ribbeck meteorite fall
• Volatile-related processes on rocky planetary bodies
• Formation of carbonaceous cosmic dust
• Ries impact structure
• Micrometeorites – from fundamental research to Citizen Science
• Layered intrusions and associated mineral deposits
• The Monturaqui impact crater in Chile

Completed projects (selection): 

• SFB „Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets“
• Research group MEMIN

image: the Solar System, ESA