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Bench Crater meteorite

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Type
  
Chondrite

Country
  
Earth's Moon

Class
  
Carbonaceous chondrite

Found date
  
November 20, 1969

Bench Crater meteorite

The Bench Crater meteorite is a meteorite discovered on the Moon by Apollo 12 astronauts in 1969. It was the first meteorite to be discovered on a solar system body other than the Earth. It is listed as a carbonaceous chondrite by the Meteoritical Society.

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Bench Crater meteorite Wikipedia