Adriana Ocampo
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Occupation: Planetary Geologist
Year born: 1955
Research Areas: Meteorite Craters, Planets, Moons
In partnership with the Faulkes Telescope Project
Occupation: Planetary Geologist
Year born: 1955
Research Areas: Meteorite Craters, Planets, Moons
Occupation: Geologist
Year born: 1919
Research Areas: Meteorite impacts
"People don't believe, but you do your hard work. It takes time to gradually convince them. You always have to find new, better evidence."
Occupation: Planetary Geologist
Year born: 1921
Research Areas: Meteorites, Moon Rocks
Meteors, sometimes called shooting stars, are not stars at all, but small rocks burning up as they fall through Earth's atmosphere. Their super fast speed through the air causes them to burn up as they fall.