Anne and list, Of course I Needmore, but I want a New Deal on the price. Pete
> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Silly-sounding Meteorite Names > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, September 02, 2011 2:50 am > To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > > > But if you want a more appropriate name, you have Needmore, a chondrite, > found in Texas in 1976. > But, sorry, only one mass of less that 2 kilos. > And No, I don't have any. > > Anne M. Black > _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/) > [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > President, I.M.C.A. Inc. > _http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/) > > > > In a message dated 9/2/2011 12:25:21 AM Mountain Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > Bill wrote: > > "Is there any meteorite name that can really be tagged as being > frivolous?" > > I vote for the 1944 fall, "Mike", as the silliest meteorite name of all > time. > > (just so the Mike Web Ring doesn't go after me, let me specify, it is > for Mike G since he started the thread!) > > Seriously, there is one frivolous name IMO, > > "Santiago Papasquiero" > > One letter was in error somewhere in the naming process, probably as > submitted by Chuck Lewis to the meteoritical bulletin in Moscow. He > was the Curator at the time of the ASU meteorite collection. It almost > seems it was done on purpose... > > In the original language, a fusion of Spanish and Tepehuan (Nahuatl) > language, it meant, > > "The Preists of the Temple of the Eagles" > > Talk about meteoritical butchery ;-) > > It now means when translated, > > "James I want potatoes." > > Kindest wishes > Doug > > ______________________________________________ > 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
