Hi Jeff, Thanks for making this list and for making it available.
By the way, the 19kg main mass of the Pinto Mountains (L6) meteorite is also known as, "Twentynine Palms (1955)": "The Meteorites of California" by Derek Sears and Robert Verish <http://meteoritemag.uark.edu/back%20issues/months/2011%20Aug.htm> With best regards, Bob V. --- On Sat, 9/24/11, Jeff Grossman <jngross...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Jeff Grossman <jngross...@gmail.com> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Named masses > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011, 2:12 PM > All, > > I'm compiling a list of all meteorites that have named > masses. The two well-known examples are Cape York and > Campo del Cielo, which each have many large pieces that are > known by informal names, e.g., Ahnighito (CY) and El Patio > (CdC). > > How many others can people come up with? This is a > crowdsourcing exercise for the MetBull database, where I'd > like to keep track of such names. I already have a > long list of synonyms, but most of these are not the names > of masses; they are alternate names and spellings for the > meteorite itself (if you'd like to scan them to see if > you can spot any mass names, here is the long list: > http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/MetBullSynonyms.php). > > What I need are: > > Meteorite name; mass name; weight; source of information; > optional descriptive text > > Thanks to all who can help! > > Jeff > > p.s. I think I have most of the CdC and CY names already > compiled. > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list