Mwana Wikio means "hard working child" in kikuyu, the local tribe language.
Sent from my iPhone On Sep 1, 2011, at 6:54 PM, "Richard Montgomery" <[email protected]> wrote: > Mwana Wikio....my vote....a name worthy of the aesthetic! Rolls off the > tongue (roof of my mouth?) > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Farmer" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; "karmaka" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 10:32 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico > > > It fell in 4 different villages, Graystone, Muguga, Kihum Wiri and Mwana > Wikio. I wanted Mwana Wikio, but it does not exist in a database of names, > nor does any of them, but they exist, they are real villages and it should be > named for where it fell. Kihum Wiri is where the first stone fell and the > largest pieces were found, it is mentioned in the newspaper and news reports. > It has the best chance of approval by the nomcom. I hate to call it Thika, > nearest large town with is more than 10 miles away. > Michael Farmer > > > > W--- On Thu, 9/1/11, karmaka <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: karmaka <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite fall from Mexico >> To: "Michael Farmer" <[email protected]>, >> [email protected] >> Date: Thursday, September 1, 2011, 11:29 AM >> Two names for this fall? >> >> Mwana Wikio >> >> and >> >> Kihum Wiri >> >> Martin >> >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: "Michael Farmer" <[email protected]> >> Gesendet: 01.09.2011 18:24:55 >> An: "Michael Gilmer" <[email protected]> >> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting meteorite >> fall from Mexico >> >> >It will be submitted and classified like every other >> meteorite, not sure why it would not be accepted, have all >> data needed. >> >Will be building a page about it as soon as I can, a >> little tired with more than 45000 miles flown in the last >> month. >> > >> >Kihum Wiri (proposed name of the Kenya fall) is an L6, >> submitted yesterday for nomcom approval. Also a >> househitter. >> >Michael Farmer >> > >> >--- On Thu, 9/1/11, Michael Gilmer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> From: Michael Gilmer <[email protected]> >> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New househitting >> meteorite fall from Mexico >> >> To: "Michael Farmer" <[email protected]> >> >> Cc: [email protected] >> >> Date: Thursday, September 1, 2011, 10:22 AM >> >> Awesome score! >> >> >> >> Is this going to be officially recognized as a >> fall by the >> >> Meteoritical Society? >> >> >> >> I'm curious because now I need to update my recent >> falls >> >> page - >> >> http://www.galactic-stone.com/pages/falls >> >> >> >> There are three other hammer falls from 2007 - >> >> >> >> Cali - which Mike Farmer is very familiar with. >> ;) >> >> >> >> Carancas - the Peruvian crater-maker. >> >> >> >> Mahadevpur - India. >> >> >> >> PS - the first link you posted tries to open as >> an >> >> octet-stream file, >> >> and I couldn't get it to open properly. >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> >> >> MikeG >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites & >> Amber >> >> (Michael Gilmer) >> >> >> >> Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com >> >> Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/42h79my >> >> News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 >> >> Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone >> >> EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 9/1/11, Michael Farmer <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Hello all, one week after getting stones in >> Kenya last >> >> sunday I bought >> >> > pieces of my househitter from Muguga which >> had been >> >> sent all night by bus >> >> > from Mombassa, I flew to Mexico and this >> sunday bought >> >> another stone, a >> >> > househitter from San Juan Ocotan, Zapopan, >> >> Guadalajara. >> >> > >> >> > This meteorite 1,369 grams. This location is >> on the >> >> edge of the city, next >> >> > to a massive air force base. >> >> > >> >> > It fell in September 2007, exact date >> unknown. >> >> It fell at ~3:00 am and >> >> > smashed through a very poor house which had a >> tile >> >> roof covered with a tarp >> >> > and smashed into mud bricks. The stone still >> has marks >> >> of the blue tarp, and >> >> > the tile and mud bricks embedded in the >> stone. It was >> >> used for two years to >> >> > hold open a shop door by the homeowner and >> seen by >> >> another man who >> >> > recognized it as something special and >> acquired it. He >> >> finally emailed me >> >> > asking if it was a meteorite. >> >> > >> >> > I flew to Guadalajara and bought it this >> weekend. It >> >> is in perfect >> >> > condition, never damaged or cleaned >> thankfully, and >> >> while the owners family >> >> > wanted to smash it to see inside, he never >> did! >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Quite a score, a Mexican hammerstone that >> appears to >> >> be a L or LL3! >> >> > >> >> > Not for sale >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > http://meteoriteguy.com/guadalajara >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > http://meteoriteguy.com/mexicometeorite.JPG >> >> > >> >> > >> ______________________________________________ >> >> > Visit the Archives at >> >> > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> >> > Meteorite-list mailing list >> >> > [email protected] >> >> > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> > >> >> >> >______________________________________________ >> >Visit the Archives at >> >>http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> >Meteorite-list mailing list >> >[email protected] >> >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
