[meteorite-list] Name of Texas Fall: Ash Creek

[Matthias Bärmann]

Anyway, dear colleagues, "Ash Creek" is a distinctive and, what concerns the 
evocative power, also somehow meteorite-related and not at least wonderful 
paradox name.

With this in mind: welcome, Ash Creek!

My best,

Matthias Baermann

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Grossman" <jgrossman at usgs.gov>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Name of Texas Fall: Ash Creek



> 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

>>

>>

>>

>>

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>>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,

>>jgrossman at usgs.gov 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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