[meteorite-list] RE: History of the word DISASTER= negative influences of the star (s)

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Sep 1 13:56:08 2005
Message-ID: <BE076B8CCE4CFE4D9598230D888B2ADF9383D0_at_0005-its-exs01.mail.saic.com>

Dirk offered:

"After writing my last post concerning disaster response it
dawned on me that the word disaster contains the word "star",
ASTER. ..."

Yep: asterism, asteroid, disaster, asterisk -- they all have
the same root. So the NEO with our name on it would aptly
be called a "disasteroid". ;-) --Rob
Received on Thu 01 Sep 2005 01:54:17 PM PDT