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

From: Ted Bunch <tbear1_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:09:49 -0700
Message-ID: <C60CB46D.B3A0%tbear1_at_cableone.net>

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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