[meteorite-list] Wolf Creek total mass

From: Frank Prochaska <fprochaska_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Mar 10 14:17:04 2006
Message-ID: <0IVX006GHEVX7KU8_at_vms046.mailsrvcs.net>

        Frankly, with the thousands of "official" meteorites from hundreds
of states and countries in which scores of languages are spoken which are
written in a number of alphabets and syllabaries (sp? - looking for the word
for methods of writing like kanji, not really an alphabet), let alone issues
like ancient American Indian place names in locations where the primary
language is English, it's a wonder little errors like this are not much more
common. I think the NomCom does a wonderful job, given their scope,
resources, and circumstances.



Frank Prochaska




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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of David Weir
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 10:41 AM
To: Herbert Raab
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Wolf Creek total mass

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
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