[meteorite-list] "2011" Meteorite Challenge Update

From: Jeff Grossman <jngrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:46:29 -0400
Message-ID: <4EA193D5.9030901_at_gmail.com>

Bonus questions:

What is the only meteorite name to use all the vowels, including y
(a-e-i-o-u-y), where each vowel is used only once?

There are 8 meteorite names (that I can find) for which all of the
letters in the name occur in alphabetical order. The longest has 6
letters. What is it?

What are the three meteorite names that are palindromes.

Jeff

On 10/21/2011 11:20 AM, MexicoDoug wrote:
> Dear List Anagrammatists,
>
> There are perfect anagram meteorite pairings out there! Some real
> good ones!
>
> Though a perfect anagram where the letters of one are rearranged
> exactly into the letters of another withough leaving out any letters
> on either, is not necessarily a winner according to the rules, since
> imperfect anagram pairings are allowed too, though the perfect anagram
> likely will score higher and win anyway!
>
> One very kind list member who is quite expert in anagrams has sent me
> an informational email (but kindly respected the honor system rule
> and not entered) to prove this fact.
>
> So the last rule is modified,
>
> "If there is no clear winning entry, the winner will be the entrant
> who can say METEORITIC ANAGRAMMATIST ten times in the shortest
> interval of
> time."
>
> ...no longer is necessary;
>
> and replaced by:
>
> If no one figures out a qualifying winning entry otherwise, the
> winning entry will be considered the cleverist rearrangement of all
> letters of a meteorite name with none left over and none additional,
> into a word or a phrase. Any language is permissable if any
> listmember can speak it fluidly, even if the entrant can't.
>
> This is how Galileo first communicated his discovery of Saturn with
> its rings (which he thought were three zones of light). He used
> Latin. There are listmembers with acceptable fluidity in Latin, so
> that's an option, too.
>
> The contest is over on Sunday night 11:59 PM (23:50) PDT (Los Angeles
> time), 23 October 2011
> Kindest wishes
> Doug
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug at aim.com>
> To: Meteorite-list <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Fri, Oct 21, 2011 4:13 am
> Subject: [meteorite-list] "2011" Meteorite Challenge
>
>
> Dear List:
>
> "2011" Meteorite Challenge
>
> For all those who would like to try their hand at hunting for
> meteorites but can't get out into the field, you're invited to try a
> virtual meteorite hunt in the strewn field of all meteorite names. The
> prize is a token chip off Vesta - Tatahouine, of course, that beautiful
> witnessed fall which is truly unique among meteorites and the rarest of
> all (more on this later, but now for the hunt...), not expecting it to
> be more than a gram; though it will be either sent to the winner or
> some other friend or budding collector as directed by the champ. Plus
> the champ receives a conjectured priceless signed certificate naming
> you the champion:
>
> "METEORITIC ANAGRAMMATIST"
>
> An anagram is simply a rearrangement of the letters of one word to form
> another word. So, the idea is to hunt for a meteorite and its anagram
> pairing. For example, with numbers, today is: 10/21 (or 21/10 as you
> please). Rearranging the numbers we get 2011 in the spirit of Galileo,
> who was a very accomplished anagrammist.
>
> I haven't thought of a meteorite name that is a perfect anagram, nor
> have I tried ... but, here's an idea:
>
> Allende / Yelland
>
> If only it were Eelland they would be a perfect meteorite anagram
> pairing. In Spanish, Y and E are interchangeable in a certain instance
> ;-)
>
> The objective of the contest is simple - get the biggest anagram you
> can find. Finding one meteorite name in mixed up inside another is ok,
> even though all the letters of only one are paired to the other. Rule
> of common sense, but in case of difficulty with that:
>
> For a satisfactory effort, here are a few rules:
>
> HONOR SYSTEM - NO USE OF ANAGRAM COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND DOWNLOADING DATA
> FOR THAT PURPOSE THOUGH A SPREADSHEET IS FINE. I don't know if any
> cheat programs exist, but I imagine they do.
>
> (1) Minimum of 4 letters
> (2) Numbers are not included, but their letters can be used. For
> example ABCDE ### can be used as simply ABCDE.
> (3) Reuse of complete words or components of compound words do not
> count. For example, Northeast Africa and Northwest Africa have no
> value, nor would "meteor" and "meteorite" if they were valid, have any
> value.
> (4) The value of the meteorite anagram is simply the number of reused
> letters unless it is a perfect anagram (see (6).
> (5) Partial anagrams can be used where only a subset of the letters in
> one meteorite's name is used to form another complete meteorite name.
> For example, Boaz (NM) is a partial from Bou Azarif (Morocco). The
> score would be the same for Boaz and Zaborzika (Ukraine).
> (6) If all letters are used, the score is tripled. For example, the
> value of (5) above is only 4. But, if there were a meteorite Zoab to
> pair with Boaz, the value would be 12.
> (7) The official dictionary is the Met Soc Online database, only
> official meteorites are permitted.
> (8)"Dry Lake", "Mountain", geographical words common to more than one
> distinct locality may be dropped or used at the option of the
> anagrammatist. But using entire words or compound word components will
> not increase value.
> (9) Lame examples not contemplated by the rules may be disqualified at
> the sole opinion of the sponsor of this (me).
> (10) In the case of a tie value, perfect anagrams trump first, if
> neither is perfect, then the submission that shuffles letters more wins.
>
> If there is no clear winning entry, the winner will be the entrant who
> can say METEORITIC ANAGRAMMATIST ten times in the shortest interval of
> time.
>
> GOOD LUCK anyone who would like to have fun with this!
>
> Kindest wishes
> Doug
>
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