List of lunar meteorites
This is a list of lunar meteorites. That is, meteorites that have been identified as having originated from Earth's Moon.
Meteorite | Found | Mass (g) | Notes |
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Yamato 791197 | 1979 | 52 | feldspathic regolith breccia |
Yamato 793169 | 1979 | 6 | mare basalt |
Yamato 793274/981031 | 1980–1999 | 195 | anorthosite-bearing basaltic regolith breccia |
ALH A81005 | 1981 | 31 | feldspathic regolith breccia; FIRST RECOGNISED LUNAR METEORITE |
Yamato 82192/82193/86032 | 1983–1986 | 712 | feldspathic fragmental breccia |
EET 87521/96008 | 1987–1996 | 84 | basaltic or gabbroic fragmental breccia |
Asuka 881757 | 1988 | 442 | mare basalt, "ortho" cumulate |
MAC 88104/88105 | 1989 | 724 | feldspathic regolith breccia |
Calcalong Creek | ~1990 | 19 | basalt-bearing feldspathic regolith breccia |
QUE 93069/94269 | 1993–1994 | 24 | feldspathic regolith breccia |
QUE 94281 | 1994 | 23 | anorthosite-bearing pasaltic regolith breccia |
Dar al Gani 262/996 | 1997–1999 | 525 | feldspathic regolith breccia |
Dar al Gani 400 | 1998 | 1425 | feldspathic regolith breccia |
Dhofar 081/280/910/1224 | 1999–2003 | 572 | feldspathic glassy-matrix fragmental breccia |
NWA 5000 | 1999 | 11500 | feldspathic breccia |
Yamato 983885 | 1999 | 290 | basalt-bearing feldspathic regolith breccia |
Kalahari 008/009 | 1999 | 14100 | feldspathic regolith breccia & basaltic fragmental breccia |
NWA 032/479 | 1999–2001 | 456 | mare basalt |
unnamed | 2000 | feldspathic regolith breccia | |
Northwest Africa (NWA) 482 | 2000? | 1015 | feldspathic impact-melt breccia |
Dhofar 025/301/304/308 | 2000 | 772 | feldspathic regolith breccia |
Dhofar 026/457/458/459/460/461/462/463/464/465/466/467/468 | 2000–2001 | 709 | feldspathic granulitic breccia |
NEA 003 | 2000–2001 | 124 | mare basalt with basaltic impact-melt breccia |
NWA 773/2700/2727/2977/3160/3333? | 2000–2005 | 1156 | complex fragmental and regolith breccia consisting of basalt and cumulate olivine gabbro |
Dhofar 287 | 2001 | 154 | mare basalt with regolith breccia |
Dhofar 302 | 2001 | 4 | feldspathic impact-melt breccia |
Dhofar 303/305/306/307/309/310/311/489/730/731/908/909/911/950/1085 | 2001–2003 | 1037 | feldspathic impact-melt breccia |
Dhofar 490/1084 | 2001–2003 | 124 | feldspathic fragmental breccia |
MET 01210 | 2001 | 22.8 | anorthosite-bearing basaltic regolith breccia |
Dhofar 733 | 2002 | 98 | feldspathic granulitic breccia |
Northeast Africa (NEA) 001 | 2002 | 262 | feldspathic regolith breccia |
SaU 169 | 2002 | 206 | KREEP-rich, mafic impact-melt breccia & regolith breccia |
LAP 02205/02224/02226/02436/03632/04841 | 2002–2005 | 1930 | mare basalt |
PCA 02007 | 2003 | 22 | feldspathic regolith breccia |
Dhofar 925/960/961 | 2003 | 106 | basalt-bearing feldspathic impact-melt breccia |
NWA 2200 | 2004 | 552 | feldspathic impact-melt breccia |
unnamed | 2004 | 24.2 | feldspathic breccia |
SaU 300 | 2004 | 153 | basalt-bearing feldspathic regolith breccia |
NWA 3136 | 2004 | 95 | anorthosite-bearing basaltic regolith breccia |
NWA 3163 | 2005 | 1634 | feldspathic granulitic breccia |
Dhofar 1180 | 2005 | 115 | basalt-bearing feldspathic fragmental or regolith breccia |
NWA 2995 | 2005 | 538 | basalt bearing feldspathic fragmental breccia |
MIL 05035 | 2005 | 142 | mare basalt |
unnamed | 2005 | 26 | |
unnamed | 2005 | 68 | mare basalt |
Dhofar 1428 | 2006 | 213 | feldspathic impact-melt breccia |
unnamed | 2006 | 18.7 | feldspathic breccia |
NWA 2998 [provisional] | 2006 | 183 | feldspathic breccia |
NWA 4472/4485 [provisional] | 2006 | 185 |
Notes:
Where multiple meteorites are listed (e.g. NWA 4472/4485) they are believed to be pieces of the same original body. The mass shown is the total.
- ALH - Allan Hills, Antarctica
- Asuka - Antarctica
- Calcalong Creek - Australia
- Dar al Gani - Libya
- Dhofar - Oman
- EET - Elephant Moraine, Antarctica
- Kalahari - Botswana
- LAP - LaPaz Icefield, Antarctica
- MAC - MacAlpine Hills, Antarctica
- MET - Meteorite Hills, Antarctica
- MIL - Miller Range, Antarctica
- NEA - Northeast Africa: Sudan
- NWA - Northwest Africa: Morocco, Algeria
- PCA - Pecora Escarpment, Antarctica
- QUE - Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica
- SaU - Sayh al Uhaymir, Oman
- Yamato - Antarctica
Source: University of Washington in St Louis, Department of Earth and Planetary Science
See also
External links
- An Up-to-Date List of Lunar Meteorites — Washington University, St. Louis.
- Lunar meteorites — Washington University, St. Louis.
- Taylor, G.J. (Oct., 2004) New Lunar Meteorite Provides its Lunar Address and Some Clues about Early Bombardment of the Moon. Planetary Science Research Discoveries. http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Oct04/SaU169.html
- Lunar meteorites — Meteoritical Bulletin Database
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