I'm told that 'West' will be made a synonym. The NomCom hasn't done
this formally at this time.
I agree that names of falls should be decided asap. I used to try to
do this when I was in a position to do so.
Often, the name that gets priority is the one suggested by the
initial finder. The rule is that it has to be "named after a nearby
geographical locality."
jeff
At 12:01 PM 4/16/2009, Mark Ford wrote:
Steve has a point there, is the new name cross correlated in some way
with 'West' in the actual database? (It just came up as Ash Creek when I
searched). - Just worries me it's a great way to loose a few thousand
specimens of a fall, if in the future you can't cross correlate the
label names!
I also wonder if there was any way a name could be officially assigned
at the time of a fall rather than several months after it's recovered?
Out of interest, is the name that's given the nearest place/town to the
first recovery, or to the majority location of the finds? How's it
decided?
Best,
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
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[email protected]
Sent: 16 April 2009 16:45
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Name of Texas Fall: Ash Creek
Jeff,
Does the Nomenclature Committed assign "official synonyms" such as West
as
well?
As they say, it is hard to get the toothpaste back in the tube once it
is
out.
Steve Arnold
Arkansas
In a message dated 4/16/2009 8:02:53 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
I just wanted everybody on the list to know that the Nomenclature
Committee has approved the name of the recent fall near West,
Texas. It will have the official name "Ash Creek". See this and 38
other recent approvals at:
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/ (use the What's New pulldown menu).
jeff
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