I tried to send this yesterday, but it seems to have not gotten through...
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There are many factors considered in naming a meteorite. It is rare for
the NomCom to pick its own name out of the blue. It usually serves as
more of a review panel than anything else. Some consideration is given
to the finder, to the first person to describe the meteorite, to
commercial usage, to the distribution of find locations, etc. In this
case, I don't know what will happen. If there has been contact with the
committee, I don't know about it yet and no proposals are on the table
at this time. But I know the classification has been done.
Jeff
On 2010-05-09 7:41 AM, Jeff Kuyken wrote:
Hi Michael and all,
Actually you are wrong. Obviously the original submitter gets a say or
else how do they choose the name?! And yes... the Nom Com gets the
final say but they need the recommendations to start with and that
comes from the submitting party. I recommend you read Jeff Grossman's
post regarding West/Ash Creek:
http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2009-April/051836.html
Cheers,
Jeff
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Blood" <[email protected]>
To: "Jeff Kuyken" <[email protected]>; "Meteorite List"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 3:04 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WI Meteorite Name?
Hi Jeff and all,
My understanding is that the naming of all meteorites is at
the sole discretion of the Nomenclature committee of the
Meteoritical Society. The original finder is irrelevant. I believe
anyone is free to suggest a name, but my experience is that such
suggestions carry little, if any, weight.
However, the list is fortunate in having a former member
Of the Nomenclature Committee, Jeff Grossman as a member
Of the list. He would most certainly know better than any of
Us the specifics involved in naming a new fall.
Michael
On 5/8/10 4:46 AM, "Jeff Kuyken" <[email protected]> wrote:
Exactly. I think past falls have shown us that there is no point
trying to
push one name over another. Amgala... ooops I mean Oum Dreyga is a
perfect
example of that and dare I mention West... ooops... sorry... Ash
Creek! ;-)
Anyhow, I thought it was generally the first person submitting the
classification/meteorite who got the rights (within reason).
Cheers,
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "al mitt" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WI Meteorite Name?
Greetings,
It will be called what the Nomenclature Committee decides to name
it as
naming has always been done in the past. Dr. Jeff Grossman made
mention
the name Livingston would probably not be used due to conflict with
other
named specimens.
Best!
--AL Mitterling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Alan"
To: Meteorite-List
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WI Meteorite Name?
Hello Listers,
I think the name of the meteorite should be Livingston because
wasnt that
the first place a meteorite was found and the media has been talking
about that town. Plus it seems like that was ground zero the first
couple
of days when everyone rushed into WI.
Shawn Alan
Jeff Grossman wrote on April 17th:
I see everybody starting to call this fall "Livingston"... but this is
not likely to be accepted as the name since there are already
meteorites
named Livingston (Montana) and Livingston (Tennessee).
Jeff
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You all know that we gotta call it the Livingston strewn field.
In fact
we should start a new nameing process where all meteorites that
are from
a strewn field should have a large S after it. Regardless of the
name of
the rock.
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