Carleton Moore

Carleton B. Moore (September 1, 1932 - February 10, 2023) was an Emeritus Regents Professor in the School of Molecular Sciences (SMS) and the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) at Arizona State University (ASU). He was a pioneering researcher in the field of meteorite studies, and the founding Director of the ASU Center for Meteorite Studies, which houses the world’s largest university-based meteorite collection. Moore is credited with being the first scientist to detect carbon in lunar samples returned by the Apollo astronauts and he was also one of the researchers credited with identifying the first extra-terrestrial amino acids in a meteorite. Both an asteroid, ''5046 Carletonmoore'' in 1981, and a mineral, ''carletonmooreite'' in 2021, were named in honor of his contributions to meteorite research. Provided by Wikipedia