The Chase of the Golden Meteor (French: La Chasse au météore) is a novel by Jules Verne.

The book, however, is seen as less an early example of hard science fiction than a social satire lampooning greed, monomania and vanity.

It concerns the rivalry between two amateur astronomers in the same small American town who spot a new meteor and attempt to claim the credit for themselves.

Another eccentric amateur scientist, this time an inventor, creates a device which will cause it to fall where he chooses.

In November, 1908 Grant Richards (London) published the first English translation as The Chase of the Golden Meteor from the version of Michel Verne, in a fully illustrated edition.