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113 Curating Meteorites | Dr. Cari Corrigan

March 06, 2023 LongitudeSite
Longitude Sound Bytes
113 Curating Meteorites | Dr. Cari Corrigan
Show Notes

A conversation with Dr. Cari Corrigan, a curator at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. In this episode, Elizabeth Fessler from Rice University speaks with her about the role of the Smithsonian in curating meteorites and making them available to scientists worldwide for research.

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