"The meaning of nick names or monikers will be lost in a generation or two, while official names will stand the test of time."
So you're planning to stop calling NWA 5000, "The Legendary, NWA 5000"? ;-) ;-) John Sent using the mail.com mail app On 11/13/17 at 5:05 PM, Adam Hupe via Meteorite-list wrote: > An interesting piece of trivia: > > Did you know that the nickname "Black Beauty" originated with a > completely different Martian meteorite 9 years before NWA 7034 was > announced. Black Beauty was also used as a moniker to describe a fall > within months of when NWA 7034 was made official. > > Supporting documentation: > https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/newsroom/pressreleases/20030212c.html > > NWA 1460: > https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=NWA+1460&sfor=names&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=0&pnt=Normal%20table&code=32318 > > This demonstrates the need to use official classification nomenclature > used to describe officially studied meteorites. The meaning of nick > names or monikers will be lost in a generation or two, while official > names will stand the test of time. > > Adam > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
