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|
| 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).

--. "Three Special Stones." Sky & Telescope, 12, Feb. 1996.
© 1996-2007 Eric W. Weisstein
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