List of lunar meteorites

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This is a list of lunar meteorites. That is, meteorites that have been identified as having originated from Earth's Moon.

Meteorite  | Found  | Mass (g)  | Notes

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Lahmada 020  | 2018  | 12170  | feldspathic breccia
Yamato 791197 | 1979  | 52  | feldspathic regolith breccia
Yamato 793169  | 1979  | 6  | mare basalt
Yamato 793274/981031  | 1980–1999  | 195  | anorthosite-bearing basaltic regolith breccia[1]
ALH A81005  | 1981  | 31  | feldspathic regolith breccia; FIRST RECOGNISED LUNAR METEORITE
Yamato 82192/82193/86032  | 1983–1986  | 712  | feldspathic fragmental breccia
EET 87521/96008  | 1987–1996  | 84  | basaltic or gabbroic fragmental breccia
Asuka 881757  | 1988  | 442  | mare basalt, "ortho" cumulate
MAC 88104/88105  | 1989  | 724  | feldspathic regolith breccia
Calcalong Creek  | ~1990  | 19  | basalt-bearing feldspathic regolith breccia
QUE 93069/94269  | 1993–1994  | 24  | feldspathic regolith breccia
QUE 94281  | 1994  | 23  | anorthosite-bearing basaltic regolith breccia
Dar al Gani 262/996  | 1997–1999  | 525  | feldspathic regolith breccia
Dar al Gani 400  | 1998  | 1425  | feldspathic regolith breccia
Dhofar 081/280/910/1224  | 1999–2003  | 572  | feldspathic glassy-matrix fragmental breccia
NWA 5000  | 1999  | 11500  | feldspathic breccia
Yamato 983885  | 1999  | 290  | basalt-bearing feldspathic regolith breccia
Kalahari 008/009  | 1999  | 14100  | feldspathic regolith breccia & basaltic fragmental breccia
NWA 032/479  | 1999–2001  | 456  | mare basalt
unnamed  | 2000  |  | feldspathic regolith breccia
Northwest Africa (NWA) 482  | 2000?  | 1015  | feldspathic impact-melt breccia
Dhofar 025/301/304/308  | 2000  | 772  | feldspathic regolith breccia
Dhofar 026/457/458/459/460/461/462/463/464/465/466/467/468  | 2000–2001  | 709  | feldspathic granulitic breccia
NEA 003  | 2000–2001  | 124  | mare basalt with basaltic impact-melt breccia
NWA 773/2700/2727/2977/3160/3333?  | 2000–2005  | 1156  | complex fragmental and regolith breccia consisting of basalt and cumulate olivine gabbro
Dhofar 287  | 2001  | 154  | mare basalt with regolith breccia
Dhofar 302  | 2001  | 4  | feldspathic impact-melt breccia
Dhofar 303/305/306/307/309/310/311/489/730/731/908/909/911/950/1085  | 2001–2003  | 1037  | feldspathic impact-melt breccia
Dhofar 490/1084  | 2001–2003  | 124  | feldspathic fragmental breccia
MET 01210  | 2001  | 22.8  | anorthosite-bearing basaltic regolith breccia
Dhofar 733  | 2002  | 98  | feldspathic granulitic breccia
Northeast Africa (NEA) 001  | 2002  | 262  | feldspathic regolith breccia
SaU 169 | 2002  | 206  | KREEP-rich, mafic impact-melt breccia & regolith breccia
LAP 02205/02224/02226/02436/03632/04841  | 2002–2005  | 1930  | mare basalt
PCA 02007  | 2003  | 22  | feldspathic regolith breccia
Dhofar 925/960/961  | 2003  | 106  | basalt-bearing feldspathic impact-melt breccia
NWA 2200  | 2004  | 552  | feldspathic impact-melt breccia
unnamed  | 2004  | 24.2  | feldspathic breccia
SaU 300  | 2004  | 153  | basalt-bearing feldspathic regolith breccia
NWA 3136  | 2004  | 95  | anorthosite-bearing basaltic regolith breccia
NWA 3163  | 2005  | 1634  | feldspathic granulitic breccia
Dhofar 1180  | 2005  | 115  | basalt-bearing feldspathic fragmental or regolith breccia
NWA 2995  | 2005  | 538  | basalt bearing feldspathic fragmental breccia
MIL 05035  | 2005  | 142  | mare basalt
unnamed  | 2005  | 26  |
unnamed  | 2005  | 68  | mare basalt
Dhofar 1428  | 2006  | 213  | feldspathic impact-melt breccia
unnamed  | 2006  | 18.7  | feldspathic breccia
NWA 2998 [provisional]  | 2006  | 183  | feldspathic breccia
NWA 4472/4485 [provisional]  | 2006  | 185  |
Shisr 162 (Shişr 162)  | 17 Feb 2006  | 5525  | feldspathic breccia[2]
Anoual  | 2006  | 5.9  | Found in Morocco[3]
Aridal 017  | 2016  | 590  | Found in Morocco[4]
AaU 012  | 2012  | 122.8  | Abar al' Uj 012, Saudi Arabia[5]
NWA 10309  | 2015  | 16520  | feldspathic breccia. Largest known lunar meteorite as of October 2018[update].[6]
NWA 11789  | 2017  | 5492  | feldspathic breccia
NWA 11228  | 2017  | 140  | feldspathic breccia [6]
NWA 14685  | 2020  | 8000  | fragmental breccia
NWA 11444  | 2017  | 1323  | melt breccia [7]
NWA 11182  | 2017  | 60  | feldspathic breccia

## Contents

* 1 Notes
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Notes

Where multiple meteorites are listed (e.g. NWA 4472/4485), they are believed to be pieces of the same original body. The mass shown is the total.

* AaU -
* ALH – Allan Hills, Antarctica
* Asuka – Antarctica
* Calcalong Creek – Australia
* Dar al Gani – Libya
* Dho - Dhofar, Oman
* EET – Elephant Moraine, Antarctica
* Kalahari – Botswana
* LAP – LaPaz Icefield, Antarctica
* MAC – MacAlpine Hills, Antarctica
* MET – Meteorite Hills, Antarctica
* MIL – Miller Range, Antarctica
* NEA – Northeast Africa: Sudan
* NWA – Northwest Africa: Morocco, Algeria
* PCA – Pecora Escarpment, Antarctica
* QUE – Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica
* SaU – Sayh al Uhaymir, Oman
* Yamato – Antarctica

Source: Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Earth and Planetary Science.

## See also

* Glossary of meteoritics
* List of Martian meteorites

## References

1. ↑ Sugihara, Takamitsu et al. (2004). "Petrology and reflectance spectroscopy of lunar meteorite Yamato 981031: Implications for the source region of the meteorite and remote-sensing spectroscopy". Antarctic Meteorite Research 17: 209. Bibcode: 2004AMR....17..209S.
2. ↑ "Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Shişr 162". https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=53579.
3. ↑ "Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Anoual". https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=45975.
4. ↑ "Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Aridal 017". https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=66487.
5. ↑ "Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Abar al' Uj 012". https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=58687.
6. ↑ Chan, Athena (12 October 2018). "Meteorite From The Moon Auctioned, Could Fetch $500,000" (in en). https://www.techtimes.com/articles/235041/20181012/meteorite-from-the-moon-auctioned-could-fetch-500-000.htm.
7. ↑ "Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for NWA 11444". https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=66087.

## External links

* An Up-to-Date List of Lunar Meteorites -- Washington University in St. Louis.
* Lunar meteorites -- Washington University in St. Louis.
* Taylor, G. J. (Oct., 2004) New Lunar Meteorite Provides its Lunar Address and Some Clues about Early Bombardment of the Moon. Planetary Science Research Discoveries.
* Lunar meteorites -- Meteoritical Bulletin Database.

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