Candidate Parent Bodies

Partial list of possible candidates for meteorite parent bodies

Meteorite class	Why?	Origin	Parent class	Ref	Notes

Chondrites

CM2	Spectral	1 Ceres	G	McSween, p93
CM2		19 Fortuna	G	Jeff Kuyken (mets.com.au)
CO3		221 Eos + family	K	Jeff Kuyken (mets.com.au)
CR	Spectral	2 Pallas	C	McSween, p99
CR2		2 Pallas	B	Jeff Kuyken (mets.com.au)
E4	Spectral	16 Psyche	M	McSween, p93
H*	Spectral	6 Hebe	S	McSween, p94 – 97
L*	Spectral	3628 Boznemcová	O	McSween, p98	Spectra match but too small?
L4	Spectral	433 Eros	S	McSween, p93
LL*	Spectral	3628 Boznemcová	O	McSween, p98	Spectra match but too small?
LL*		25143 Itokawa	S	Jeff Kuyken (mets.com.au)	Formerly 1998 SF36

Achondrites

Acapulcoite			S(IV)?	McSween, p168/169
Angrite		Mercury?
Aubrite	Spectral	44 Nysa	E	McSween, p93
Aubrite	Spectral	3103 Eger	E	McSween, p167
Brachinite		289 Nenetta?		via BIMS	Tom Burbine and Paul Buchanan
Brachinite			A, S(I), S(II)?	McSween, p168/169
Diogenite	Spectral	4 Vesta	V		or others?
Eucrite	Spectral	4 Vesta	V	McSween, p93	or others?
HED		1459 Magnya?		via BIMS	Tom Burbine, Paul Buchanan
Howardite	Spectral	4 Vesta	V		or others?
Lodranite			S(III), S(IV), S(V)?	McSween, p168/169
Olivine Diogenite		4 Vesta	V	Jeff Kuyken (mets.com.au)
Ureilite			S(I), S(II), S(III)??	McSween, p168/169


Planetary Achondrites

Shergottite		Mars
Nakhlite		Mars
Chassignite		Mars
Anorthosite		Moon


Stony Irons

Pallasite	Spectral	246 Asporina?	A?	McSween, p226
Pallasite		354 Eleonora		Jeff Kuyken (mets.com.au)
Mesosiderite			A, S?	McSween, p226

Irons

Iron			M?	McSween, p226
Iron		16 Psyche	M	Jeff Kuyken (mets.com.au)
Iron		1986 DA	M	Jeff Kuyken (mets.com.au)


Misc

Kaidun		Phobos?		various

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