Oileán Ruaidh (Mars rock)

Oileán Ruaidh (Mars rock)
280x250px A picture of the rock taken by Opportunity rover while it was 31 meters away from the rock.
Type	Iron meteorite
Found date	September 2010

Oileán Ruaidh (pronounced "ill-lawn roo-ah") is a rock discovered on Mars in September 2010 by the Opportunity rover. It is a 45 centimeter wide dark rock thus it is thought to be an iron meteorite. It was given the name Oileán Ruaidh after the Irish language name of Oileán Ruaidh island in County Donegal in Ireland.

A close-up of the meteorite (September 24, 2010).

See also

• Atmospheric reentry
• Block Island meteorite
• Bounce Rock
• Glossary of meteoritics
• Heat Shield Rock
• List of Martian meteorites
• List of meteorites on Mars
• Mackinac Island meteorite
• Mars
• Mars Exploration Rover
• Shelter Island meteorite

External links

• Mars Rover Opportunity Approaching Possible Meteorite

Notable rocks on Mars

Adirondack (Spirit)	Barnacle Bill (Sojourner)	Bathurst Inlet (Curiosity)	Big Joe* (Viking)	Block Island (Opportunity) M	Bounce (Opportunity)	Coronation (Curiosity)	El Capitan (Opportunity)
Esperance* (Opportunity)	Goulburn (Curiosity)	Heat Shield (Opportunity) M	Home Plate (Spirit)	Hottah (Curiosity)	Jake Matijevic (Curiosity)	Last Chance (Opportunity)	Link (Curiosity)
Mackinac Island (Opportunity) M	Mimi* (Spirit)	Oileán Ruaidh (Opportunity) M	Pot of Gold (Spirit)	Rocknest 3 (Curiosity)	Shelter Island (Opportunity) M	Tintina (Curiosity)	Yogi (Sojourner)
|(Notes: * = linked article is about the mission that encountered this rock; M = Meteorite)