Bench Crater meteorite | |
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![]() Bench Crater – view of "rubble pile" in center of crater. The "Bench Crater meteorite" was collected during the Apollo 12 mission (EVA-2, November 20, 1969). | |
Type | Chondrite |
Class | Carbonaceous chondrite |
Country | Earth's Moon |
Found date | November 20, 1969 |
![]() Bench Crater SW (image bottom left) of the Apollo 12 lander (LRO, 2011) – shows footprints and hardware left by astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean. |
The Bench Crater meteorite is a meteorite discovered on the Moon by Apollo 12 astronauts in 1969.[1] It is part of the friable basalt lunar sample 12037.[2] Found on the north-west rim of the Bench Crater, it is the first meteorite to be discovered on a Solar System body other than the Earth. Its diameter is just a few millimeters. It is listed as a carbonaceous chondrite by the Meteoritical Society.[3]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Bench_Crater_meteorite.jpg/220px-Bench_Crater_meteorite.jpg)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Lunar_Sample_12037_%E2%80%93_AS12-48-7064.jpg/220px-Lunar_Sample_12037_%E2%80%93_AS12-48-7064.jpg)
See also
[edit]- Glossary of meteoritics
- Big Bertha (lunar sample)
- Hadley Rille meteorite
- Heat Shield Rock (Mars – Meridiani Planum meteorite)
- List of Martian meteorites
- List of meteorites on Mars
References
[edit]- ^ Joy; Messenger; Zolensky; Frank; Kring (July 29, 2013). "Bench Crater Meteorite: Hydrated Asteroidal Material Delivered to the Moon" (PDF).
- ^ "Lunar Sample Compendium 12037" (PDF). 2011.
- ^ "Bench Crater". Meteroritical Bulletin.