Meteorites in Motion

Guest Speaker

Thursday, 24th September 2026 (19:45 - 22:00)

Venue: Hybrid

 Meteors refer to the luminous phenomena that occur when objects from space enter Earth's atmosphere: but how can we predict where these meteorites will land? This talk discusses modelling the so-called 'dark flight' of meteorites (the final stage of a meteorite's descent through the atmosphere), and everything that goes on behind the scenes during a meteorite hunt! We will also discuss meteorite flux modelling and the distribution of objects in the asteroid belt.

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Speaker: Chloe Kadir

Chloe is a 2nd year PhD student in the Planetary Science group at the University of Manchester, supervised by Katie Joy. Her research is focused on the dark flight of meteorites (i.e. The final stage of a meteorite's descent through the atmosphere), and is currently working on reducing uncertainty in existing dark flight models. Prior to her PhD, she completed an integrated master's in physics (MPhys) also at the University of Manchester. She is passionate about public engagement — in my spare time, she works at Jodrell Bank's Centre for Engagement as a Science Explainer.