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Lunar Meteorites
    

meteorite date mass (g) reference
ALHA 81005 1983 31.4 Sky & Telescope, 122, Feb. 1983
Asuka 881757 1990 442.1 Sky & Telescope, 121, Aug. 1990
Calcalong Creek 1992 19.0 Sky & Telescope, 127, Feb. 1992
EET 87521 1990 30.7 Sky & Telescope, 248, Mar. 1990
MAC 88104 1990 61.2 Sky & Telescope, 121, Aug. 1990
MAC 88105 1990 662.5 Sky & Telescope, 121, Aug. 1990
QUE 93069 1994 21.4 Sky & Telescope, 16, Oct. 1994
QUE 94269 1995 3.2 Sky & Telescope, 12, Feb. 1996
QUE 94281 1995 23.4 Sky & Telescope, 12, Feb. 1996
Yamato 791197   52.4  
Yamato 793169   6.1  
Yamato 793274   8.7  
Yamato 82192   36.7  
Yamato 82193   27.0  
Yamato 86032   648.4  

The discovery of three lunar meteorites from the Antarctic ice flows, unambiguously identified by compositions identical to the lunar samples returned to earth by the Apollo missions, demonstrated that it was possible to blast pieces of rock off large bodies and transport them to Earth. There are 15 meteorites which have been found on earth and seem to have originated from the moon, although their compositions indicate that they are from only 11 distinct falls, with MAC 88104 and 88105, QUE 93069 and 94269, and Yamato 82192, 82193, and 86032 each belonging to a single fall. The first nine lunar meteorites discovered are described in Sky & Telescope (Feb. 1983).




References

--. "Three Special Stones." Sky & Telescope, 12, Feb. 1996.







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