Hadley Rille meteorite
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| Hadley Rille meteorite | |
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 David R. Scott, Commander of Apollo 15 near the Hadley Rille (on the right). The Hadley Rille meteorite was found within a soil sample collected during this mission. The large rock in the photograph is not the meteorite. | |
| Type | Chondrite |
| Class | Enstatite chondrite |
| Clan | EH-EL |
| Group | EH |
| Country | Earth's Moon |
| Region | Hadley Rille |
| Coordinates | 26°26′00″N 03°39′20″E / 26.43333°N 3.65556°E |
| Observed fall | No |
| Found date | 1971 |
| TKW | 3 milligrams (0.00011 oz) |
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The Hadley Rille meteorite was a meteorite discovered on the Moon at coordinates 26° 26' 0" N, 3° 39' 20" E,[1] or Station 9A, during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. It was the second meteorite to be discovered on a Solar System body other than the Earth. The first was the Bench Crater meteorite, discovered in 1969 during the Apollo 12 mission.
