Martian meteorite, the Glossary

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1. 88 relations: Achondrite, Alexandria, Allan Hills, Allan Hills 84001, Amazonian (Mars), Antarctica, Asteroidal water, Atmosphere of Mars, Augite, Bacteria, Basalt, Biofilm, C-type asteroid, Carbonaceous chondrite, Chassigny (meteorite), Chassigny, Haute-Marne, Chemical element, Colin Pillinger, Cosmic ray, Crystal, Earth, Egypt, Elephant Moraine 79001, Elgoresyite, Elysium Planitia, Fossil, France, Glossary of meteoritics, Gram, Icarus (journal), Igneous rock, Impact event, India, Interplanetary medium, Iron, Isotope, Isotopes of oxygen, Kaidun meteorite, Lherzolite, Life, List of Mars orbiters, List of Martian meteorites, List of rocks on Mars, Lithology, Mafic, Magma, Magnetite, Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, Mars, Mars landing, ... Expand index (38 more) »

2. Martian meteorites
3. Meteorite clans

Achondrite

An achondrite is a stony meteorite that does not contain chondrules.

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Alexandria

Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.

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Allan Hills

The Allan Hills are a group of hills, mainly ice free and about long, lying just north-west of the Coombs Hills near the heads of Mawson Glacier and Mackay Glacier in the Oates Land and Victoria Land regions of Antarctica.

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Allan Hills 84001

Allan Hills 84001 (ALH84001) is a fragment of a Martian meteorite that was found in the Allan Hills in Antarctica on December 27, 1984, by a team of American meteorite hunters from the ANSMET project. Martian meteorite and Allan Hills 84001 are Martian meteorites.

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Amazonian (Mars)

The Amazonian is a geologic system and time period on the planet Mars characterized by low rates of meteorite and asteroid impacts and by cold, hyperarid conditions broadly similar to those on Mars today.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Asteroidal water

Asteroidal water is water or water precursor deposits such as hydroxide (OH−) that exist in asteroids (i.e., small Solar System bodies (SSSBs) not explicitly in the subcategory of comets).

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Atmosphere of Mars

The atmosphere of Mars is the layer of gases surrounding Mars. Martian meteorite and atmosphere of Mars are Mars.

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Augite

Augite, also known as Augurite, is a common rock-forming pyroxene mineral with formula.

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Bacteria

Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.

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Basalt

Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.

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Biofilm

A biofilm is a syntrophic community of microorganisms in which cells stick to each other and often also to a surface.

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C-type asteroid

C-type (carbonaceous) asteroids are the most common variety, forming around 75% of known asteroids.

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Carbonaceous chondrite

Carbonaceous chondrites or C chondrites are a class of chondritic meteorites comprising at least 8 known groups and many ungrouped meteorites.

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Chassigny (meteorite)

Chassigny is a Martian meteorite which fell on October 3, 1815, at approximately 8:00 am, in Chassigny, north-eastern France. Martian meteorite and Chassigny (meteorite) are Martian meteorites.

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Chassigny, Haute-Marne

Chassigny is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.

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Chemical element

A chemical element is a chemical substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical reactions.

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Colin Pillinger

Colin Trevor Pillinger, (9 May 1943 – 7 May 2014) was an English planetary scientist.

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Cosmic ray

Cosmic rays or astroparticles are high-energy particles or clusters of particles (primarily represented by protons or atomic nuclei) that move through space at nearly the speed of light.

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Crystal

A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions.

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Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Elephant Moraine 79001

Elephant Moraine 79001, also known as EETA 79001, is a Martian meteorite. Martian meteorite and Elephant Moraine 79001 are Martian meteorites.

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Elgoresyite

Elgoresyite, first discovered during the crystallographic study of the Suizhou meteorite, is a naturally occurring, high-pressure iron-magnesium silicate mineral.

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Elysium Planitia

Elysium Planitia, located in the Elysium and Aeolis quadrangles, is a broad plain that straddles the equator of Mars, centered at.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Glossary of meteoritics

This is a glossary of terms used in meteoritics, the science of meteorites.

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Gram

The gram (originally gramme; SI unit symbol g) is a unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.

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Icarus (journal)

ICARUS is a scientific journal dedicated to the field of planetary science.

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Igneous rock

Igneous rock, or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic.

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Impact event

An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Interplanetary medium

The interplanetary medium (IPM) or interplanetary space consists of the mass and energy which fills the Solar System, and through which all the larger Solar System bodies, such as planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets, move.

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Iron

Iron is a chemical element.

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Isotope

Isotopes are distinct nuclear species (or nuclides) of the same chemical element.

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Isotopes of oxygen

There are three known stable isotopes of oxygen (8O): 16, 17, and 18.

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Kaidun meteorite

Kaidun is a meteorite that fell on 3 December 1980 on a Soviet military base near what is now Al-Khuraybah in Yemen.

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Lherzolite

Lherzolite is a type of ultramafic igneous rock.

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Life

Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from matter that does not.

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List of Mars orbiters

The following table is a list of Mars orbiters, consisting of space probes which were launched from Earth and are currently orbiting Mars.

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List of Martian meteorites

This is an imcomplete list of Martian meteorites i.e. meteorites that have been identified as having originated from Mars. Martian meteorite and list of Martian meteorites are Martian meteorites.

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List of rocks on Mars

Martian rocks and outcrops have been studied in-situ by various landers and rovers.

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Lithology

The lithology of a rock unit is a description of its physical characteristics visible at outcrop, in hand or core samples, or with low magnification microscopy.

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Mafic

A mafic mineral or rock is a silicate mineral or igneous rock rich in magnesium and iron.

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Magma

Magma is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed.

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Magnetite

Magnetite is a mineral and one of the main iron ores, with the chemical formula.

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Maine Mineral and Gem Museum

The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum (MMGM) is a geology museum located in Bethel, Maine.

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Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.

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Mars landing

A Mars landing is a landing of a spacecraft on the surface of Mars.

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Mars rover

A Mars rover is a remote-controlled motor vehicle designed to travel on the surface of Mars. Martian meteorite and Mars rover are Mars.

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Mars sample-return mission

A Mars sample-return (MSR) mission is a proposed mission to collect rock and dust samples on Mars and return them to Earth.

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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. Martian meteorite and Martian meteorite are Mars, Martian meteorites and meteorite clans.

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Meteorite

A meteorite is a rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon.

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Micropaleontology

Micropaleontology (American spelling; spelled micropalaeontology in European usage) is the branch of paleontology (palaeontology) that studies microfossils, or fossils that require the use of a microscope to see the organism, its morphology and its characteristic details.

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Mineralogy

Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts.

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Mojave (crater)

Mojave is a 58 km diameter impact crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 7.5° N and 33.0° W. It was named after the town of Mojave in southern California, U.S. The crater is located within the Martian Xanthe Terra region.

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Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Nakhla meteorite

Nakhla is a Martian meteorite which fell in Egypt in 1911. Martian meteorite and Nakhla meteorite are Martian meteorites.

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Nakhlite

Nakhlites are a group of Martian meteorites, named after the first one, Nakhla meteorite. Martian meteorite and Nakhlite are Martian meteorites.

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Nanobacterium

Nanobacterium (pl. nanobacteria) is the unit or member name of a former proposed class of living organisms, specifically cell-walled microorganisms, now discredited, with a size much smaller than the generally accepted lower limit for life (about 200 nm for bacteria, like mycoplasma).

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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Noble gas

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Northwest Africa 7034

Northwest Africa 7034 is a Martian meteorite believed to be the second oldest yet discovered. Martian meteorite and Northwest Africa 7034 are Martian meteorites.

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Olivine

The mineral olivine is a magnesium iron silicate with the chemical formula.

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Orthopyroxenite

Orthopyroxenite is an ultramafic and ultrabasic rock that is almost exclusively made from the mineral orthopyroxene, the orthorhombic version of pyroxene and a type of pyroxenite.

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Phobos (moon)

Phobos (systematic designation) is the innermost and larger of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Deimos.

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) is a class of organic compounds that is composed of multiple aromatic rings.

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Pyroxene

The pyroxenes (commonly abbreviated Px) are a group of important rock-forming inosilicate minerals found in many igneous and metamorphic rocks.

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Pyroxenite

Pyroxenite is an ultramafic igneous rock consisting essentially of minerals of the pyroxene group, such as augite, diopside, hypersthene, bronzite or enstatite.

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Rare-earth element

The rare-earth elements (REE), also called the rare-earth metals or rare earths or, in context, rare-earth oxides, and sometimes the lanthanides (although scandium and yttrium, which do not belong to this series, are usually included as rare earths), are a set of 17 nearly indistinguishable lustrous silvery-white soft heavy metals.

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Rock (geology)

In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter.

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Sahara

The Sahara is a desert spanning across North Africa.

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Seasonal flows on warm Martian slopes

Seasonal flows on warm Martian slopes (also called recurring slope lineae, recurrent slope lineae and RSL) are thought to be salty water flows occurring during the warmest months on Mars, or alternatively, dry grains that "flow" downslope of at least 27 degrees.

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Sherghati

Sherghati is a town in the Gaya district in Bihar (formally Magadha), India.

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Shergotty meteorite

The Shergotty meteorite (Named after Sherghati) is the first example of the shergottite Martian meteorite family. Martian meteorite and shergotty meteorite are Martian meteorites.

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Space.com

Space.com is an online publication focused on space exploration, astronomy, skywatching and entertainment, with editorial teams based in the United States and United Kingdom.

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Syrtis Major Planum

Syrtis Major Planum (formerly Syrtis Major Planitia) is a massive shield volcano in the eastern hemisphere of Mars.

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Tharsis

Tharsis is a vast volcanic plateau centered near the equator in the western hemisphere of Mars.

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The Meteoritical Society

The Meteoritical Society is a non-profit scholarly organization founded in 1933 to promote research and education in planetary science with emphasis on studies of meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials that further our understanding of the origin and history of the Solar System.

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Tissint

Tissint (ⵜⵉⵙⵉⵏⵜ, تيسينت, also known as Agadir Tissinnt, Agadir Tissint, or Tissinnt) is a small town near Tata, Morocco in Tata Province in the Souss-Massa region of Morocco.

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Tooting (crater)

Tooting is an impact crater (of the type rampart crater) with volcanic features at 23.1°N, 207.1°E, in Amazonis Planitia (Amazonis quadrangle), due west of the volcano Olympus Mons, on Mars.

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Ultramafic rock

Ultramafic rocks (also referred to as ultrabasic rocks, although the terms are not wholly equivalent) are igneous and meta-igneous rocks with a very low silica content (less than 45%), generally >18% MgO, high FeO, low potassium, and are composed of usually greater than 90% mafic minerals (dark colored, high magnesium and iron content).

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Viking program

The Viking program consisted of a pair of identical American space probes, Viking 1 and Viking 2, which landed on Mars in 1976.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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Water on Mars

Almost all water on Mars today exists as ice, though it also exists in small quantities as vapor in the atmosphere. Martian meteorite and water on Mars are Mars.

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Western Sahara

Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North-western Africa.

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Yemen

Yemen (al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen, is a sovereign state in West Asia.

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See also

Martian meteorites

• Allan Hills 77005
• Allan Hills 84001
• Chassigny (meteorite)
• Elephant Moraine 79001
• List of Martian meteorites
• Los Angeles (meteorite)
• Martian meteorite
• Nakhla meteorite
• Nakhlite
• Northwest Africa 7034
• Shergotty meteorite
• Tissint meteorite
• Yamato 000593
• Zagami meteorite

Meteorite clans

• CM chondrite
• HED meteorite
• Lunar meteorite
• Martian meteorite

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_meteorite

Also known as Chassignite, Chassignites, Mars meteorite, Mars meteorites, Martian meteorites, OPX martian meteorite, OPX martian meteorites, OPX meteorite, SNC Meteorites, SNC meteorite, Shergotite, Shergottite, Shergottites.

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