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| Basic information | Name: Meridiani Planum 008 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: MP 008 Observed fall: No Year found: 2009 Planet: Mars Mass:  65 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 103 approved meteorites (plus 3 unapproved names) classified as Iron. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 17 May 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 109:
Meridiani Planum 008 2.120°S, 5.533°W Mars Find: 14 Oct 2009 Classification: Iron meteorite History: The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity encountered a pitted boulder on sol 2034 along the rover’s traverse to Endeavor crater. Physical characteristics: The rock exhibits severe erosion: portions of Mackinac Island are smooth with rounded hollows, but the rock has an excavated interior, with a metal lacework all that remains in some regions. Classification: Pancam 13-filter images show that Mackinac Island has similar VIS-NIR spectral patterns and morphologies as Block Island and Shelter island, found nearby, suggesting it is an iron meteorite (Ashley et al. 2011). The rover compositional instruments were not used on this rock so the grouping cannot be further defined. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 15 approved meteorites from Mars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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