Meteoritical bulletin database

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.

本数据库的核心功能在于提供关于陨石命名的权威信息。其中收录了由陨石学会认可的各类已知陨石的准确拼写，包括标点符号和重音符号。此外，许多陨石的官方缩写亦在此处进行记录。数据库还包含具有临时名称的陨石的状态信息，以及可疑起源标本和伪陨石的列表。数据库的次要目的是提供一个界面，以便映射服务展示陨石的地理信息。目前已在此处实现了两种映射服务。若用户已安装免费的 NASA 程序 World Wind，则每个陨石条目都提供了链接，用户可通过该链接将程序缩放至发现位置。数据库同时提供了链接至 Google Maps 服务，用于展示发现地点。

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

Meteoritical bulletin database是一个权威的陨石名称数据库，提供所有已知陨石的准确命名信息及地理定位服务，包含超过7.8万条有效陨石记录，由行星科学机构联合维护。