| Bench Crater meteorite | |
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 Bench Crater – view of "rubble pile" in center of crater. The "Bench Crater meteorite" was collected during the
Apollo 12 mission (EVA-2, November 20, 1969). | |
| Type | Chondrite |
| Class | Carbonaceous chondrite |
| Country | Earth's Moon |
| Found date | November 20, 1969 |
 Bench Crater SW (image bottom left) of the
Apollo 12 lander (
LRO, 2011) – shows footprints and hardware left by astronauts
Pete Conrad and
Alan Bean. | |
The Bench Crater meteorite is a meteorite discovered on the Moon by Apollo 12 astronauts in 1969. [1] It is part of the friable basalt lunar sample 12037. [2] Found on the north-west rim of the Bench Crater, it is the first meteorite to be discovered on a Solar System body other than the Earth. Its diameter is just a few millimeters. It is listed as a carbonaceous chondrite by the Meteoritical Society. [3]
See also
- Glossary of meteoritics
- Big Bertha (lunar sample)
- Hadley Rille meteorite
- Heat Shield Rock (Mars – Meridiani Planum meteorite)
- List of Martian meteorites
- List of meteorites on Mars
References
- ^ Joy; Messenger; Zolensky; Frank; Kring (July 29, 2013). "Bench Crater Meteorite: Hydrated Asteroidal Material Delivered to the Moon" (PDF).
- ^ "Lunar Sample Compendium 12037" (PDF). 2011.
- ^ "Bench Crater". Meteroritical Bulletin.
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