Meteorite group
Lunar Meteorites
Rocks blasted off the Moon by impacts, matched to Apollo samples.
Meteorite groupParent body: The Moon
Overview
Pieces of the Moon flung to Earth by impacts, whose mineralogy matches the samples returned by the Apollo and Luna missions — a free supply of lunar rock from unsampled regions.
Meteorites
1 modelled meteorite.
- ALHA 81005find
The first meteorite recognised as a piece of the Moon, recovered from Antarctica in 1982 — its match to Apollo samples proved that lunar rocks can be delivered to Earth as meteorites.
ClassLunar (anorthositic breccia)Date1982
Knowledge connections
- Group includesALHA 81005
- Part ofAchondrites
- Parent bodyThe Moon
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.