This is a list of Martian meteorites i.e. meteorites that have been identified as having originated from Mars.
277 meteorites had been classified as Martian, less than half a percent of the 72,000 meteorites that have been classified. On 17 October 2013, NASA reported, based on analysis of argon in the Martian atmosphere by the Mars Curiosity rover, that certain meteorites found on Earth thought to be from Mars, were actually from Mars. The list does not include meteorites found on Mars by the various rovers.
Where multiple meteorites are listed, they are believed to be pieces of the same original body. The mass shown is the total recovered.
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Samples of a new Martian meteorite of the nakhlite family (NWA 817) contain traces of an iron-rich alteration product. Textural arguments indicate that this alteration product has been formed on the parent body of the meteorite (Mars). The chemical composi ...
North West Africa (NWA) 480 is a new martian meteorite of 28 g found in the Moroccan Sahara in November 2000. It consists mainly of large gray pyroxene crystals (the largest grains are up to 5 mm in length) and plagioclase converted to maskelynite. Excludi ...
Two petrographic settings of carbonaceous components, mainly filling open fractures and occasionally enclosed in shock-melt veins, were found in the recently fallen Tissint Martian meteorite. The presence in shock-melt veins and the deuterium enrichments ( ...
This is a glossary of terms used in meteoritics, the science of meteorites. 2 Pallas – an asteroid from the asteroid belt and one of the likely parent bodies of the CR meteorites. 4 Vesta – second-largest asteroid in the asteroid belt and likely source of the HED meteorites. 221 Eos – an asteroid from the asteroid belt and one of the likely parent bodies of the CO meteorites. 289 Nenetta – an asteroid from the asteroid belt and one of the likely parent bodies of the angrites.
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