[meteorite-list] Mars Rover's Meteorite Discovery Triggers Questions

AL Mitterling almitt at kconline.com
Thu Jan 20 14:08:43 EST 2005


Hi List,

Hadley Rille (an EH chondrite Apollo 15) and Bench Crater (CM1 Apollo 12).

--AL Mitterling

Matson, Robert wrote:

 > Hi All,
 >
 > One error I noticed in this report:
 >
 > http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/mars_meteor_050120.html
 >
 >
 >>Agee pointed out that running across a meteorite on another
 >>planetary body would be a first. No meteorite was ever found
 >>on the Moon - even with all the survey work done there by both
 >>robots and humans, he said.
 >
 >
 > I thought two meteorites were found by Apollo astronauts -- Hadley
 > Rille (an EH chondrite) and Bench Crater (CM1).




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