achondrite

Looking at other faces he would have recognized it as a type of meteorite called an achondrite, Randy Korotev, WUSTL's meteorite expert said.

They compared these to meteorite samples, particularly enstatite chondrites and another type called enstatite achondrites.

Known as basaltic achondrites, the group accounts for only 6 percent of terrestrial meteorites.

Spectra of this rock, the third largest asteroid, have revealed that it is the only known parent of a class of meteorites called basaltic achondrites.

Ground-based observations indicate that Vesta represents the only known parent of a class of stony meteorites called basaltic achondrites.