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

[Ted Bunch]

The other problem is that there is an Arizona meteorite classified as Little
Ash Creek - confusing may be?

Ted


On 4/16/09 9:33 AM, "Jeff Grossman" <jgrossman at usgs.gov> wrote:


> 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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