{"id":4482,"date":"2021-07-23T10:08:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T09:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/?p=4482"},"modified":"2021-08-22T21:08:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T20:08:03","slug":"the-hunt-for-micrometeorites-on-the-roof-of-the-cathedral-of-canterbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/2021\/07\/23\/the-hunt-for-micrometeorites-on-the-roof-of-the-cathedral-of-canterbury\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hunt for Micrometeorites on the Roof of the Cathedral of Canterbury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Micrometeorites are dust-sized particles continuously raining down from space and that represent the main part of the flux of extraterrestrial matter to Earth. Hence, micrometeorites are important to fully understand the inventory of matter in the Solar System and its history. Until recently, micrometeorites were found in environments mostly preserved from human activity, such as the deep ocean floor and Antarctica. A recent scientific publication by <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.geoscienceworld.org\/gsa\/geology\/article\/45\/2\/119\/195213\/An-urban-collection-of-modern-day-large\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Genge et al. (2017)<\/a> on &#8220;urban&#8221; micrometeorites proved that they can also be found in environments of intense human activities, such as roofs of buildings in densely populated areas. This hunt for &#8220;urban&#8221; micrometeorites is therefore essential to know more about this precious particles. <\/p>\n<p>Below we show some photos of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences\/people\/1322\/wozniakiewicz-penny\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Penelope Wozniakiewicz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/person\/matthias-van-ginneken\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Matthias van Ginneken<\/a> identifying and retrieving micrometeorites.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/2021\/07\/screenshot1-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/2021\/07\/screenshot1-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/2021\/07\/screenshot1-1024x568.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/2021\/07\/screenshot1-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/2021\/07\/screenshot1-1536x852.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/2021\/07\/screenshot1.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210723_144318-1-759x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"759\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210723_144318-1-759x1024.jpeg 759w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210723_144318-1-222x300.jpeg 222w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210723_144318-1-768x1036.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210723_144318-1-rotated.jpeg 949w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210723_144358-759x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"759\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210723_144358-759x1024.jpeg 759w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210723_144358-222x300.jpeg 222w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210723_144358-768x1036.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/2021\/07\/IMG_20210723_144358-rotated.jpeg 949w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This sample of micrometeorites will form the bases of a citizen science based outreach project that is being designed to complement our planetary science research. This will engage the public\u2019s interest in space science, by providing the opportunity to go beyond merely hearing about cutting edge research to taking part and contributing to it.<\/p>\n<p>Update provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences\/people\/1322\/wozniakiewicz-penny\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Penelope Wozniakiewicz<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Micrometeorites are dust-sized particles continuously raining down from space and that represent the main part of the flux of extraterrestrial matter to Earth. Hence, micrometeorites are important to fully understand the inventory of matter in the Solar System and its history. Until recently, micrometeorites were found in environments mostly preserved from human activity, such as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":351,"featured_media":4485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[522,617,648],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events","category-media-comment","category-caps-highlights"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4482"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4831,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482\/revisions\/4831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/astrophysics-and-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}