[meteorite-list] Provisional names

From: Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:28:25 -0700
Message-ID: <7C640E28081AEE4B952F008D1E913F170775DD60_at_0461-its-exmb04.us.saic.com>

Hi Carl,

> I've been told provisional names are only given to NWA material and
> that all others are referred to as "proposed name".

No, this is incorrect. For instance, there are hundreds of meteorites
from dry lakes throughout the desert southwest that have provisional
names/numbers that will never become formal names because the finders
have no plans to have them analyzed.

The Meteoritical Society's webpage discusses the subject of provisional
names here:

http://meteoriticalsociety.org/?page_id=62

--Rob
Received on Tue 30 Apr 2013 02:28:25 PM PDT