Database stats: 38279 valid meteorite names; 11833 provisional names; 4472 full-text writeups. News feed for newly approved meteorites: Data sources:
• The Catalogue of Meteorites: 2002 June (current through Met. Bull 87).
• MetBase: v7.2 (current through Met. Bull. 89).
• Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter: through 32(2), 2009 September.
• Meteorite Newsletter (NIPR): through v.18, 2009 Apr.
• Meteoritical Bulletin: through Met. Bull. 96, 2009 September.
• Meteoritical Bulletin: 97 (2010): Meteorites approved through 1 Feb 2010.
• Provisional names: Provisional names from Africa and Oman (through mid 2009) plus those contained within the above sources are entered.
• Earth Impact Database: 17 Sept 2008. Other tools: Use the Meteorite Name Checking Utility
to check multiple names at once, e.g., as an aid for manuscript submission.
Use the Meteorite Mapping Utility
to see all meteorites in a geographic area.