Meteorites from the surface of Mars
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A Martian meteorite is a rock that formed on Mars, was ejected from the planet by an impact event, and traversed interplanetary space before landing on Earth as a meteorite.Of the almost 72 000 known meteorites, only 354 are classified as such (as of 11.07.2023).