| Bench Crater meteorite | |
| Type: | Chondrite |
| Class: | Carbonaceous chondrite |
| Country: | Earth's Moon |
| Found Date: | November 20, 1969 |
| Image2 Caption: | Bench Crater SW (image bottom left) of the Apollo 12 lander (LRO, 2011) – shows footprints and hardware left by astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean. |
The Bench Crater meteorite is a meteorite discovered on the Moon by Apollo 12 astronauts in 1969.[1] It is part of the friable basalt lunar sample 12037.[2] Found on the north-west rim of the Bench Crater, it is the first meteorite to be discovered on a Solar System body other than the Earth. Its diameter is just a few millimeters. It is listed as a carbonaceous chondrite by the Meteoritical Society.[3]