Meteoritical Bulletin
The Meteoritical Bulletin ( English for meteoritic announcement ) contains the publication and brief description and classification of all meteorites found worldwide by the Meteoritical Society . It appears regularly in their journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science . Only the names published here are considered official meteorite names.
Naming
Rules are drawn up by an international specialist society for the precise assignment of names to meteorites. Accordingly, meteorites are named after their place of discovery (place, river, etc.). For places where a lot of meteorites are found, such as some areas in the Sahara, a sequential number is appended (for example NWA 3009 ). In the case of meteorites found in Antarctica, the year and a sequential number are appended to the name. For example, ALH 76008 is the eighth meteorite that was collected in 1976 in the Alan Hills area of Antarctica. The Martian meteorite ALH 84001 , made famous by the alleged traces of fossil bacteria, was therefore the first meteorite found in this area in 1984.