[meteorite-list] Brother Guy Consolmagno

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:50:27 2004
Message-ID: <200204171924.MAA21241_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

I just had a long and very interesting chat with Brother Guy
Consolmagno who stopped by my office today. He is visting JPL
for a few days. He gave a talk last night to the JPL community,
and here's the ad on the talk.

Ron Baalke

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"Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist"

with

Brother Guy Consolmagno
Curator of the Vatican Meteorite Collection

Date: Tuesday, April 16
Time: 4:45 p.m.
Place: von Karman Auditorium

How did a young American planetary scientist become the curator
of a world-class meteorite collection at the Vatican Observatory?
For that matter, how did the Vatican come to have a meteorite
collection, and an observatory, in the first place? The history
of the Vatican Observatory, and the personal history of its
meteorite curator, takes us from the Tower of the Winds to the
wind-swept East Antarctic Plateau. Br. Guy Consolmagno will pre-
sent his unique perspective on the Vatican's role in astronomy
and his worldly journeys to understand the solar system.

Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ (PhD) is curator of the Vatican Meteorite
Collection and author of the popular books "Turn Left at Orion"
(with Dan M. Davis), "The Way to the Dwelling of Light," and
"Brother Astronomer."
Received on Wed 17 Apr 2002 03:24:04 PM PDT