[meteorite-list] WI Meteorite Name?

From: Stuart McDaniel - Action Shooting Supply <actionshooting_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 22:47:32 -0400
Message-ID: <A34E699E70A44B34AD0A16237015D77F_at_toshibauser>

As for a name, what about LWI 001??


Stuart McDaniel
Lawndale, NC
Secr., CCAS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Melanie Matthews" <miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WI Meteorite Name?


> Hope my specimens arrive in the mail before it gets officially
> named/classified! Things have been kinda slow over the past couple of
> weeks from the US into Canada..
>
> -----------
> Melanie
> IMCA: 2975
> eBay: metmel2775
> Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09
>
> Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know
> what you're gonna get!
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman at usgs.gov>
> To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sun, May 9, 2010 1:06:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WI Meteorite Name?
>
> I tried to send this yesterday, but it seems to have not gotten through...
> ----------------------
> There are many factors considered in naming a meteorite. It is rare for
> the NomCom to pick its own name out of the blue. It usually serves as
> more of a review panel than anything else. Some consideration is given to
> the finder, to the first person to describe the meteorite, to commercial
> usage, to the distribution of find locations, etc. In this case, I don't
> know what will happen. If there has been contact with the committee, I
> don't know about it yet and no proposals are on the table at this time.
> But I know the classification has been done.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> On 2010-05-09 7:41 AM, Jeff Kuyken wrote:
>> Hi Michael and all,
>>
>> Actually you are wrong. Obviously the original submitter gets a say or
>> else how do they choose the name?! And yes... the Nom Com gets the final
>> say but they need the recommendations to start with and that comes from
>> the submitting party. I recommend you read Jeff Grossman's post regarding
>> West/Ash Creek:
>>
>> http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2009-April/051836.html
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Blood" <mlblood at cox.net>
>> To: "Jeff Kuyken" <info at meteorites.com.au>; "Meteorite List"
>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 3:04 AM
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WI Meteorite Name?
>>
>>
>>> Hi Jeff and all,
>>> My understanding is that the naming of all meteorites is at
>>> the sole discretion of the Nomenclature committee of the
>>> Meteoritical Society. The original finder is irrelevant. I believe
>>> anyone is free to suggest a name, but my experience is that such
>>> suggestions carry little, if any, weight.
>>> However, the list is fortunate in having a former member
>>> Of the Nomenclature Committee, Jeff Grossman as a member
>>> Of the list. He would most certainly know better than any of
>>> Us the specifics involved in naming a new fall.
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/8/10 4:46 AM, "Jeff Kuyken" <info at meteorites.com.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Exactly. I think past falls have shown us that there is no point trying
>>>> to
>>>> push one name over another. Amgala... ooops I mean Oum Dreyga is a
>>>> perfect
>>>> example of that and dare I mention West... ooops... sorry... Ash Creek!
>>>> ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Anyhow, I thought it was generally the first person submitting the
>>>> classification/meteorite who got the rights (within reason).
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "al mitt" <almitt at kconline.com>
>>>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 2:48 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WI Meteorite Name?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>
>>>>> It will be called what the Nomenclature Committee decides to name it
>>>>> as
>>>>> naming has always been done in the past. Dr. Jeff Grossman made
>>>>> mention
>>>>> the name Livingston would probably not be used due to conflict with
>>>>> other
>>>>> named specimens.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best!
>>>>>
>>>>> --AL Mitterling
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Shawn Alan"
>>>>> To: Meteorite-List
>>>>> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 6:50 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WI Meteorite Name?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello Listers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think the name of the meteorite should be Livingston because wasnt
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> the first place a meteorite was found and the media has been talking
>>>>>> about that town. Plus it seems like that was ground zero the first
>>>>>> couple
>>>>>> of days when everyone rushed into WI.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shawn Alan
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff Grossman wrote on April 17th:
>>>>>
>>>>> I see everybody starting to call this fall "Livingston"... but this is
>>>>> not likely to be accepted as the name since there are already
>>>>> meteorites
>>>>> named Livingston (Montana) and Livingston (Tennessee).
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> [meteorite-list] WI Meteorite Name?
>>>>>> James Balister balisterjames at att.net
>>>>>> Fri May 7 18:06:46 EDT 2010
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> ----
>>>>>> You all know that we gotta call it the Livingston strewn field. In
>>>>>> fact
>>>>>> we should start a new nameing process where all meteorites that are
>>>>>> from
>>>>>> a strewn field should have a large S after it. Regardless of the
>>>>>> name of
>>>>>> the rock.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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