Hadley Rille meteorite
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| Hadley Rille meteorite | |
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David R. Scott, Commander of Apollo 15 near the Hadley Rille (on the right). The Hadley Rille meteorite was found within a soil sample collected during this mission. The large rock in the photograph is not the meteorite.
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| Type | Chondrite |
| Class | Enstatite chondrite |
| Clan | EH-EL |
| Group | EH |
| Country | Earth's Moon |
| Region | Hadley Rille |
| Coordinates | 26°26′00″N 03°39′20″E / 26.43333°N 3.65556°ECoordinates: 26°26′00″N 03°39′20″E / 26.43333°N 3.65556°E |
| Observed fall | No |
| Found date | 1971 |
| TKW | 3 milligrams (0.00011 oz) |
The Hadley Rille meteorite was a meteorite discovered on the Moon at coordinates 26° 26' 0" N, 3° 39' 20" E,[1] during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. It was the second meteorite to be discovered on a solar system body other than the Earth. The first was the Bench Crater meteorite, discovered in 1969.
Characteristics[edit]
Within the soil sample 15602,29 collected near Hadley Rille was found an object in the 1–2 millimetres (0.039–0.079 in) size. The Hadley Rille meteorite massed about 3 milligrams (0.046 gr) and contained enstatite, kamacite, niningerite, silica, schreibersite, troilite, albite, and daubréelite. It is classed as an enstatite chondrite (EH) by the Meteoritical Society.[1]
See also[edit]
- Glossary of meteoritics
- Bench Crater meteorite
- Hadley–Apennine (Moon)
- Heat Shield Rock (Mars - Meridiani Planum meteorite)
- List of Martian meteorites
- List of meteorites on Mars
