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    A Martian meteorite is a rock that formed on Mars, was ejected from the planet by an impact event, and traversed interplanetary space before landing on...
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    This is an alphabetical list of named rocks (and meteorites) found on Mars, by mission. This list is a sampling of rocks viewed, and is not an exhaustive...
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    A meteorite is a rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon. When the original object enters the atmosphere...
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    shergottite–nakhlite–chassignite (SNC) group of meteorites, ALH84001 is thought to have originated on Mars. However, it does not fit into any of the previously...
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    Heat Shield Rock (Mars – Meridiani Planum meteorite) List of Martian meteorites List of meteorites on Mars Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Hadley Rille...
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    Martian meteorite which fell in Egypt in 1911. It was the first meteorite reported from Egypt, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, and...
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    the Meteoritical Society. Glossary of meteoritics Big Bertha (lunar sample) Hadley Rille meteorite Heat Shield Rock (Mars – Meridiani Planum meteorite) List...
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    largest meteorite from Mars found on Earth. Studies suggest the Martian meteorite was formed about 1.3 billion years ago from a lava flow on Mars. An impact...
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    Mars Rover’s Basketball-Shaped Discovery Stirs Controversy Rover finds meteorite on Mars Heat Shield Rock is a basketball-sized iron-nickel meteorite...
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    meteorite found on Earth. Although it is from Mars it does not fit into any of the three SNC meteorite categories, and forms a new Martian meteorite group...
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    August 2023[update], 356 meteorites had been identified as Martian, out of over 79,000 known meteorites. These meteorites are believed to be from Mars because their...
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    largest meteorite from Mars found on Earth. Studies suggest the Martian meteorite was formed about 1.3 billion years ago from a lava flow on Mars. An impact...
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    System portal Glossary of meteoritics Geology of the Moon List of lunar meteorites List of meteorites on Mars Martian meteorite Moon rocks "Terrestrial...
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  • "'Weird' meteorite may be from Mars moon". New Scientist. Retrieved 15 August 2012. Ivanov, Andrei V. (March 2004). "Is the Kaidun Meteorite a Sample...
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  • of Martian meteorites i.e. meteorites that have been identified as having originated from Mars. As of September 2020[update], 277 meteorites had been classified...
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    ALH84001 meteorite Glossary of meteoritics Life on Mars List of meteorites on Mars Nakhla meteorite NWA 7034 meteorite Yamato 000593 meteorite Baalke,...
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    organisms. They are similar to the structures found in ALH84001, a Mars meteorite found in the Antarctic. A 2022 study concluded that ALH84001 did not...
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    Iddingsite from the Lafayette meteorite: Evidence for Liquid water on Mars in the last few hundred million years". Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 35 (1):...
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    Island meteorite Bounce Rock El Capitan Heat Shield Rock Last Chance Mackinac Island meteorite Matijevic Hill Oileán Ruaidh Shelter Island meteorite Solar...
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    Nakhlite (category Martian meteorites)
    Glossary of meteoritics Aerolite Meteorites (Martian meteorites) Treiman, A.H., "The nakhlite meteorites: Augite-rich igneous rocks from Mars" - (PDF) Chemie...
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  • crater, Mars. 40th LPSC. #1766. "Odyssey Finds Water Ice in Abundance Under Mars' Surface". NASA. May 28, 2002. "Rare Meteorites Reveal Mars Collision...
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    Amazonian and Hesperian flows (~3.6 and 1.5 Ga). Martian meteorites enable estimates of Mars' paleofield based on the thermal remanent magnetization (or...
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    have few meteorite impact craters but are otherwise quite varied. Olympus Mons formed during this period, with lava flows elsewhere on Mars. Named after...
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    Angrites Aubrites Lunar meteorites are meteorites that originated from the Moon. Martian meteorites are meteorites that originated from Mars. They are divided...
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    Glossary of meteoritics List of Martian meteorites List of meteorite minerals List of meteorites on Mars Meteorite classification Meteoritical Society Solar...
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    Block Island meteorite, officially named Meridiani Planum 006 shortened as MP 006, was found on Mars by the Opportunity rover on July 17, 2009. It is...
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    Mackinac Island meteorite was found on Mars by the Opportunity rover on October 13, 2009. Mackinac Island was the third of three iron meteorites encountered...
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    study of the Martian meteorites. Spectrometers currently in orbit include THEMIS (Mars Odyssey), OMEGA (Mars Express), and CRISM (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter)...
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    Perseverance, nicknamed Percy, is a car-sized Mars rover designed to explore the Jezero crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission. It was manufactured by...
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    the second largest meteorite from Mars, was found on Earth in 2000. At a microscopic level, spheres are found in the meteorite that are rich in carbon...
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