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List of Martian meteorites
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This is an incomplete list of Martian meteorites i.e. meteorites that have been identified as having originated from Mars.
As of September 2020[update], 277 meteorites had been classified as Martian, less than half a percent of the 72,000 meteorites that have been classified.[1] On 17 October 2013, NASA reported, based on analysis of argon in the Martian atmosphere by the Mars Curiosity rover, that certain meteorites found on Earth previously only thought to be from Mars, could now be confirmed as from Mars.[2] The list does not include meteorites found on Mars by the various rovers.
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Notes
Where multiple meteorites are listed, they are believed to be pieces of the same original body. The mass shown is the total recovered.
Abbreviations:
- Antarctica locations, numbered:
- ALH - Allan Hills
- LAR - Larkman Nunatak
- LEW - Lewis Cliff
- MIL - Miller Range
- QUE - Queen Alexandra Range
- RBT - Roberts Massif
- YA - Yamato Mountains
- Chassigny - Chassigny, Haute-Marne, France
- Desert locations, numbered:
- DaG - Dar al Gani, Al Jufrah, Libya
- Dhofar - Zufar, Oman
- NWA - Northwest Africa meteorite (mainly Mali, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Western Sahara)
- SaU - Sayh al Uhaymir, Oman
- Nakhla - El Nakhla El Bahariya, Abu Hummus, Beheira Governorate, Egypt
- Shergotty - Shergotty, Gaya district, Bihar, India
- Tissint - Tissint, Oued Drâa valley, East of Tata, Morocco
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