Wycombe Astronomy Society (WAS)
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Wed, 19 Feb
|Coleshill Village Hall
Lecture - Dr Susanne Schwenzer - "Noble gases on Mars."
Time & Location
19 Feb 2025, 20:00 – 22:00
Coleshill Village Hall, Barracks Hill, Amersham, Coleshill, Amersham HP7 0LN, UK
About the Event
In this lecture, Dr Susanne Schwenzer will explain how these special gases helped link a set of meteorites to Mars.
Every rock has its own story, and noble gases help us to find out what that story is. Noble gases are also in today's planetary atmospheres, and the Perseverance rover should return with a sample of the Martian atmosphere to enable us to find out more about the atmosphere and the environmental conditions on the surface of Mars over time.
About Dr Schwenzer (in her own words)
I am a Professor of Planetary Mineralogy in the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, and a mineralogist by training. I joined the Open University in 2009 for a post doctoral position, became a Research Investment Fellow in 2013, a lecturer in 2015, a senior lecturer in 2017, and a professor in 2024.
My professional journey started with the goal to become a journalist... I decided…