Formation | 1933 |
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Legal status | Active |
Headquarters | Chantilly, Virginia, USA |
Coordinates | 38°54′32.07″N 77°27′08.09″W / 38.9089083°N 77.4522472°W |
Region served | Worldwide |
Membership | 900+ |
Official language | English |
President | Brigitte Zanda |
Main organ | Meteoritical Bulletin |
Website | meteoriticalsociety |
The Meteoritical Society is a non-profit scholarly organization founded in 1933 to promote research and education in planetary science with emphasis on studies of meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials that further our understanding of the origin and history of the Solar System.