Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Updates - 2 NWA's and a Nova, and a Question regarding Nomenclature

2012-04-23 Thread Martin Altmann
--Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Jeff Grossman Gesendet: Montag, 23. April 2012 13:46 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Updates - 2 NWA&#

Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Updates - 2 NWA's and a Nova, and a Question regarding Nomenclature

2012-04-23 Thread Jim Wooddell
questions. - Original Message - From: "Michael Gilmer" To: Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 9:20 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Updates - 2 NWA's and a Nova,and a Question regarding Nomenclature Greetings Bulletin Geeks, There are 3 new approvals today. Tw

Re: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Updates - 2 NWA's and a Nova, and a Question regarding Nomenclature

2012-04-23 Thread Jeff Grossman
The way it works is that meteorites are named based on how much certainty we have about where they come from. When we think the coordinates are accurate, we can name them after very local features. For things like NWA and Sahara meteorites, we have some confidence that they come from northwes

[meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Updates - 2 NWA's and a Nova, and a Question regarding Nomenclature

2012-04-22 Thread Michael Gilmer
Greetings Bulletin Geeks, There are 3 new approvals today. Two NWA's - a CK5 and L5. And one new "Nova" find - an iron from Russia. Question - it has been my understanding that Nova names are reserved for those meteorites with dubious location data. So, why is it that many of the Labenne finds