11.07.12

Janet Anderson 
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 
256-544-0034 
janet.l.anderson@nasa.govMEDIA ADVISORY: M12-117

MARSHALL CENTER'S METEOROID ENVIRONMENT OFFICE WELCOMES NOTED METEOR EXPERT NOV. 8; HUNTSVILLE-AREA MEDIA INVITED TO ATTEND

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The Meteoroid Environment Office at NASA's 
Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., welcomes noted 
meteor expert Dr. Marc Fries to Marshall Nov. 8. Fries is a research 
scientist at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Ariz. 

What: Dr. Marc Fries, a noted expert in meteorites and their recovery, 
will give a presentation on the use of Doppler weather radar in 
finding meteorites, focusing on the Oct. 30 meteorite fall in North 
Alabama. Members of the Huntsville-area media are invited to attend. 

Fries and Marshall Center astronomer Bill Cooke will host a live web 
chat about meteorites and will answer questions beginning at 2 p.m. 
CST on Nov. 8. For more information, and to join the chat, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/meteorite_chat.html 

For more information on meteorites, visit: 

http://planetary.msfc.nasa.gov/Meteorites_and_Craters.html 

When: 10:30 a.m., Nov. 8 

Where: Marshall Space Flight Center, Building 4600, Room 4013, corner 
of Martin and Rideout roads 

To attend: Media interested in attending the presentation should 
contact Janet Anderson in the Marshall Public and Employee 
Communication Office at 256-544-0034 no later than 8:30 a.m. CST on 
Thursday, Nov. 8. Media must report to the Gate 9 for badging. 

	
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