Giordano Cevolani, Author at

Author name: Giordano Cevolani

Geophysicist and planetary scientist, former Head of the Research Area of the National Research Council (CNR) in Bologna, Italy, active for over thirty years in science popularization of atmosphere physics and astronomy of the minor bodies of the solar system. International award (Prize of the Slovak Academy of Science) and national awards by the National Academy of Lincei). Member of expeditions in Antarctica in the frame of the PNRA (National Plan for Antarctic Research). Asteroid 6069 = 1991PW has his name, from July 1996 Author and co-author of about 200 scientific papers and books

CAIs in FERMO: an unusual aspect for ordinary chondrites

By Giordano Cevolani | November 1, 2018 | Guest Articles

*ISAC Institute, CNR Research Area, via Gobetti 101, 40126 Bologna, Italy, g.cevolani@isac.cnr.it www.facebook.com/cevolani45 CAIs or Calcium-Aluminum-rich inclusions, roughly millimeter-to-centimeter in size, are the oldest objects in the solar system, discovered in the most ancient meteorites. These inclusions are believed to have formed very early in the evolution of the solar system either as solid condensates or as molten droplets. Relatively to […]

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