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Martian meteorite

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 Earth as a meteorite. As of September 2020, 277 meteorites had been classified as Martian, less than half a percent of the 72,000 meteorites that have been classified. The second largest complete, uncut…

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Parent body
Mars
Subgroups
Shergottite · Nakhlite · Chassignite · Orthopyroxenite · Lherzolite
Total known specimens
277 as of 15 September 2020[update]
Type
Achondrite

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Martian meteorite

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related to Possible evidence of life · 28
Martian meteorite → ALH, Allan Hills, Antarctica, Arrival, But, Cracks, Earth, Earthly, Ejection, Evidence, For, Geochemical, Gibson, Journal, Many, Mars, Martian, McKay, Meteoritic Society, Micropaleontologist Schopf
related to Origin · 16
Martian meteorite → ALH, All, Among Martian, Chassigny, CRE, Formation, However, It, Ma, Mars, Martian, NWA, SNC, Some, The, Thus
related to Ungrouped meteorites · 16
Martian meteorite → ALH, Allan Hills, Among, As, Because Phobos, C-type, December, For, However, In March, Kaidun, Martian, OPX Martian, Phobos, This, Yemen
related to Shergottites · 15
Martian meteorite → Because, India, Mars, Martian, Morocco, Roughly, Sherghati, Shergottite Age Paradox, Shergottites, Shergotty, The, These, They, This, Tissint
related to External links · 12
Martian meteorite → Anatomy, Information PacketOn, JPL, List, Mars MeteoriteArchive, Martian Meteorite Poster, Martian Meteorites Archived, Page, Planetary Science Research Discoveries, PSRD, Question, Wayback MachineMars Meteorite Home
related to Subdivision · 9
Martian meteorite → Allan Hills, April, As, Consequently, Martian, OPX, SNC, The, They
Subgroups · 6
Martian meteorite → Basaltic Breccia, Chassignite, Lherzolite, Nakhlite, Orthopyroxenite, Shergottite
see also · 5
Martian meteorite → Colin PillingerGlossary, Earth, List, MarsLithopanspermia, Martian
Parent body · 1
Martian meteorite → Mars
Total known specimens · 1
Martian meteorite → 277 as of 15 September 2020[update]

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meteorites martian mars meteorite shergottites ages years nakhlites found earth several nwa origin ago impact snc surface groups formation 84001

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Martian meteoriteParent bodyMars1.00infobox
Martian meteoriteSubgroupsShergottite1.00infobox
Martian meteoriteSubgroupsNakhlite1.00infobox
Martian meteoriteSubgroupsChassignite1.00infobox
Martian meteoriteSubgroupsOrthopyroxenite1.00infobox
Martian meteoriteSubgroupsLherzolite1.00infobox
Martian meteoriteSubgroupsBasaltic Breccia1.00infobox
Martian meteoriteTotal known specimens277 as of 15 September 2020[update]1.00infobox
Martian meteoriteTypeAchondrite1.00infobox
Martian meteoriteis arock that formed on Mars0.90text
Marsinstance ofThe young formation ages of Martian meteorites was one of the early recognized characteristics that suggested their origin from a planetary body0.80text
Martian meteoriterelated to External linksList0.60section

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