[meteorite-list] Silly-sounding Meteorite Names

From: Mal Bishop <magbish3_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:52:03 -0400
Message-ID: <4E60A743.20803_at_lowcountry.com>

...and most of the time they're too Covert ( H5 found in 1896 recognized
by Nininger in 1929 from Covert, Kansas ) and not easily found to satisfy
your Needmore.

(well, I tried :-) )

Mal

On 9/2/2011 3:50 AM, Impactika at aol.com wrote:
> But if you want a more appropriate name, you have Needmore, a chondrite,
> found in Texas in 1976.
> But, sorry, only one mass of less that 2 kilos.
> And No, I don't have any.
>
> Anne M. Black
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>
> In a message dated 9/2/2011 12:25:21 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
> mexicodoug at aim.com writes:
> Bill wrote:
>
> "Is there any meteorite name that can really be tagged as being
> frivolous?"
>
> I vote for the 1944 fall, "Mike", as the silliest meteorite name of all
> time.
>
> (just so the Mike Web Ring doesn't go after me, let me specify, it is
> for Mike G since he started the thread!)
>
> Seriously, there is one frivolous name IMO,
>
> "Santiago Papasquiero"
>
> One letter was in error somewhere in the naming process, probably as
> submitted by Chuck Lewis to the meteoritical bulletin in Moscow. He
> was the Curator at the time of the ASU meteorite collection. It almost
> seems it was done on purpose...
>
> In the original language, a fusion of Spanish and Tepehuan (Nahuatl)
> language, it meant,
>
> "The Preists of the Temple of the Eagles"
>
> Talk about meteoritical butchery ;-)
>
> It now means when translated,
>
> "James I want potatoes."
>
> Kindest wishes
> Doug
>
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