[meteorite-list] Wolf Creek total mass

From: David Weir <dgweir_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Mar 10 13:48:39 2006
Message-ID: <4411C83B.1090107_at_earthlink.net>

Herbert Raab wrote:
> Bob WALKER writes:
>
>
>>Defintely WOLFE Creek with an e
>>
>>At least the Western Australian government and a map says so...
>>they can't all be wrong can they hmmm
>
>
> They can be wrong. The place may well be named Wolfe Creek (with "e"),
> but the meteorite is oficially named Wolf Creek (without "e").
> Wolfe Creek is not even registered as a synonym.

I guess that's a bit like the official NomCom misspelling of the Lake
"Okeechobee", FL meteorite, the meteorite incorrectly spelled Okechobee,
and no synonyms listed either. It makes you wonder how such a thing
occurred.

David
Received on Fri 10 Mar 2006 01:40:59 PM PST