Lunar meteorite
Dhofar 461
Also called Dho 461
A white-speckled lunar anorthositic meteorite from a 13-stone pairing group totaling about 708.8 g.
The specimen
- Classification
- Lunar anorthositic meteorite
- Event
- find
- Where
- Dhofar (Zufar), Oman
- When it fell
- fall date unknown
- Found
- 2001-04-22
- Known mass
- 33.7 g
- Still cut for dials
- Yes (as of 2026-08-21)
Used as the central lunar insert in Louis Moinet Cosmopolis.
Watches
No watch in this catalog is recorded as carrying a Dhofar 461 dial yet. The models below are what the research documents.
- Louis Moinet CosmopolisInset fragment
Cosmic Art / Cosmopolis
LM-135.50.CO · LM-135.50.25 · LM-135.50.55 · LM-135.20.20 · LM-135.20.50
small meteorite insert mounted on the dial; one of twelve named meteorites
Source
Sources
- Hitachi High-Tech science outreach — Dhofar 461lunar classification, find date and place
- louismoinet.com — Louis Moinet Cosmopolisnamed lunar insert and watch references
- Meteoritical Bulletin — paired group via Dhofar 461 entryofficial classification, date, location, mass and pairing group