> > Hi Rob and list, > > Rob said, "One question: what do we call a meteorite found on Mars? > "Martian > meteorite" is ambiguous... --Rob" > > I guess they would have to call it "Opportunity 001" as it is the closet > locality that may be considered a Post Office. It does send and receive > messages and images after all ;-) >
Actually, if there is no post office nearby, then the convention is to name it after the nearest geological formation. This was done for Canyon Diablo. Ron Baalke ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
