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The Willamette Meteorite, officially named Willamette[3] and originally known as Tomanowos by the Clackamas Chinook [4][5] Native American tribe, is an iron-nickel meteorite found in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the largest meteorite found in the United States and the sixth largest in the world. [6][7] There was no impact crater at the ...
The American Museum of Natural History and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon today signed a historic agreement that ensures access to the Willamette Meteorite, a world famous scientific specimen at the Museum, by the Grand Ronde for religious, historical, and cultural purposes while maintaining its continued ...
The Willamette Meteorite is culturally significant to Clackamas people. The meteorite is called Tomanowos, which translates to "the visitor of heaven". The meteorite was believed to be given from the Sky People and is the unity between sky, earth, and water. Other tribes around the area thought that the meteorite possessed magical powers. [3]
Another fragment from the original meteorite was sold to the Smithsonian, while the Hodges Fragment remains on exhibit at the Alabama Museum of Natural History. [6] [14] The radio that was hit by the meteorite was later loaned to the American Museum of Natural History in 2005 by Eugene Hodges, fifty years after the impact event. [10]
The Willamette Meteorite on display at the American Museum of Natural History. It weighs about 14,500 kilograms (32,000 pounds). It weighs about 14,500 kilograms (32,000 pounds). This is the largest meteorite ever found in the United States.
44°02′34″N 123°04′06″W / 44.04291°N 123.06840°W / 44.04291; -123.06840. Owner. University of Oregon. Brown and Black Asteroid is an outdoor sculpture and replica of the Willamette Meteorite by an unknown artist, [1][2] installed outside the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History in Eugene, Oregon, in ...
The Mary S. Young State Recreation Area, located between Oregon Route 43 and the Willamette River, featuring a large off leash dog area, soccer fields and 5–8 miles worth of trails is located in West Linn. West Linn is located in the area where the Willamette Meteorite was placed by the Missoula Floods.
Date. 20 days. December 18, 1964. (1964-12-18) – January 7, 1965. (1965-01-07) Location. California, Oregon, and Washington states. The Christmas flood of 1964 was a major flood in the United States' Pacific Northwest and some of Northern California between December 18, 1964, and January 7, 1965, spanning the Christmas holiday.