[meteorite-list] Warning to armchair fireball chasers

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:59:12 -0500
Message-ID: <o2pe559o5larvbheo1jlhulllpo2aki1eo_at_4ax.com>

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:27:31 EDT, you wrote:

>He asked me in an email, if maybe the meteorite might be
>able to be named after him if it was found. Now, I am not sure if such a
>"bribe" was actually offered to him, or if his ego was maybe puffed up a
>bit by being made to think that his contribution to some of us really made
>him important enough to warrant the rock being named after him?

Probably simple ignorance of how meteorites are named. You discover a comet, it
is named after you. You discover an asteroid or plutazoid, you get to name it
(within guidelines).
Received on Fri 10 Jul 2009 11:59:12 AM PDT