Repository details

Meteoritical bulletin database

Name of repository
Meteoritical bulletin database
Repository URL
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/
Subject(s)
Description
The primary function of this database is to provide authoritative information about meteorite names. The correct spelling, complete with punctuation and diacritical marks, of all known meteorites recognized by the Meteoritical Society may be found in this compilation. Official abbreviations for many meteorites are documented here as well. The database also contains status information for meteorites with provisional names, and listings for specimens of doubtful origin and pseudometeorites. A seconday purpose of this database is to provide an interface to map services for the display of geographic information about meteorites. Two are currently implemented here. If the user has installed the free NASA program World Wind, links are provided for each meteorite to zoom the program to the find location. The database also provides links to the Google Maps service for the display of find locations.
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Keyword(s)
Repository size
64.474 valid meteorite names; 6.859 provisional names; 12.900 full-text writeups
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/about.php
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider

Institutions (2)

Institution
Lunar and Planetary Institute
Additional name(s)
  • LPI
Institution
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
The Meteoritical Society
Additional name(s)
  • International Society for Meteorites and Planetary Science
Country
International
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (3)

Policy Name
Guidelines for meteorite nomenclature
Policy Name
Conflict of Interest Policy
Policy Name
Constitution and Bylaws

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (1)

DataLicense
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
Requesting Names
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Versioning
yes
Enhanced Publication
yes
Quality management
yes

Alerting services (1)

Type of alerting service
RSS

Remarks

Remarks
The Meteoritical Bulletin is published as a Supplement to "Meteoritics and Planetary Science". All photographs listed in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database are given as links to publically accessible images on other websites. Links to images in the 'Encyclopedia of Meteorites' http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/ are updated each night.
Entry date
2016-01-27
Last update
2021-11-29
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re3data.org: Meteoritical bulletin database; editing status 2021-11-29; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3MM1Z last accessed: 2025-04-26