[meteorite-list] AD - A FEW DANDYS
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri May 20 20:00:51 2005 Message-ID: <BAY104-F193A611CD1590ECF2B97E8B30A0_at_phx.gbl> Hello list, David noted, on Rob's very nice achondrite, "In keeping with the conventions which Jeff has taught us just recently, perhaps your stone would be better listed as "provisional" or something similar, rather than using the term "official classification". It is not official until it's published in the Bulletin. Just my thoughts." I agree with David for the most part and I e-mailed the list on the use of the word "official" a couple times before. Scientist do not make official meteorite names or classifications. They submit proposed names and classifications. Granted this is rarely changes, but it does sometimes. The Met. Soc. makes names and classifications official. So it seems it either has to be published in a bulliten or you have to have an e-mail from Sara Russell, Jeff Grossman or the like, telling you it has been approved. Once they approve it I think you can say its official. The bulletins do go a year between publication and you have a six month deadline so there is a big time gap here. Clear Skies, Mark Bostick Wichita, Kansas Received on Fri 20 May 2005 08:00:48 PM PDT |
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