[meteorite-list] Named masses

From: Peter Scherff <peterscherff_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:51:19 -0400
Message-ID: <00f401cc7e5b$0ee564a0$2cb02de0$_at_rcn.com>

Hi Jeff,
        
        Would Sylacauga count? There is the Hodges 3.86 kg mass and the
McKinney 1.68 kg mass.

        How about these 2 Canyon Diablos: The Holsinger 639 kg mass and the
Verkamp 242 kg mass now at the Lowell Observatory.

Thanks,

Peter Scherff

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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Jeff
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Named masses

All,

I'm compiling a list of all meteorites that have named masses. The two
well-known examples are Cape York and Campo del Cielo, which each have many
large pieces that are known by informal names, e.g., Ahnighito (CY) and El
Patio (CdC).

How many others can people come up with? This is a crowdsourcing exercise
for the MetBull database, where I'd like to keep track of such names. I
already have a long list of synonyms, but most of these are not the names of
masses; they are alternate names and spellings for the meteorite itself (if
you'd like to scan them to see if you can spot any mass names, here is the
long list:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/MetBullSynonyms.php).

What I need are:

Meteorite name; mass name; weight; source of information; optional
descriptive text

Thanks to all who can help!

Jeff

p.s. I think I have most of the CdC and CY names already compiled.

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