[meteorite-list] Tomonowos - "Visitor from the Moon"

[E.P. Grondine]

Hi all - 

The name comes from a spectacular cometary impact with
the Moon which was observed in the Americas. I have an
image of a petroglyph showing this - write me off list
for a copy, but I will be gone for the next week and a
half.

"A 30-pound chunk of the Willamette Meteorite, which
was found in Oregon in 1902 and has been steeped in
ownership controversies for more than a century, was
offered by Bonhams auction house at an estimated value
of $1.3 million but was withdrawn from sale after
bidding ended at $300,000."

It's time for the nomcom to clear this up.

E.P. Grondine
Man and Impact in the Americas 



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