Bench Crater meteorite
Bench Crater meteorite | |
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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
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.