[meteorite-list] Martian and Lunar meteorites

[Peter Scherff]

Hi,

	A Martian meteorite "officially" exists:
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/index.php?sea=mars&sfor=places&ants=&falls=&va
lids=&stype=exact&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=Mars&srt=name&categ=All&mbl
ist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=0&pnt=no&code=32789


Peter

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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Martin
Altmann
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 6:38 AM
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Martian and Lunar meteorites

Meteorites on Moon are officially called "meteorites".

Find in the search form of the Bulletin database in the field, where you
select the countries: "Moon".
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php

Official Meteorites on Mars can't exist yet,
because we still have no possibilities to hand in the mandatory deposit
masses at the classifying institutes,
therefore they can't be recognized as official meteorites according the
rules of NomCom.

I'd say.
Martin



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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Steve
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I don't know if this has ever been talked about before but if you found a
meteorite on mars or the moon when we have people there, what are we going
to call them? Unless we change the definitions we can't call ones from mars,
martian meteorites. Any ideas people?

Have a great day

Steve Dunklee


      
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