Hadley Rille meteorite
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The Hadley Rille meteorite was a meteorite discovered on the Moon at coordinates 26° 26' 0" N, 3° 39' 20" E, 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. The Hadley Rille meteorite massed about 3mg and contained enstatite, kamacite, niningerite, silica, schreibersite, troilite, albite, and daubreelite. It is classed as an enstatite chondrite by the Meteoritical Society.
[edit] See also
- Bench Crater meteorite
- Heat Shield Rock (Meridiani Planum meteorite)
