[meteorite-list] Important Announcement form the Nomenclature Committee

From: Jim Wooddell <jim.wooddell_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 12:55:36 -0700
Message-ID: <54DFA838.1080002_at_suddenlink.net>

Hi Y'all,

In a nutshell, from this point forward, DCA's will be created in the
form of grids.
 From this point forward, new finds with coordinates will have DCA names.
That's what I get out of it!

Happy days everyone!

Jim Wooddell



On 2/14/2015 12:04 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list wrote:
> Hi Carl and List,
>
> Thank you for this update on the change. However, what exactly does
> this mean in practice?
>
> For example, would a find with coordinates like Mreira now be
> classified as a NWA 10xxx ?
>
> Or will finds with firm reliable coordinates still be considered for a
> place name and not a NWA 10xxx?
>
> On this page, I can see the crossed out portion about NWAs that was
> abolished. But what else has changed in regards to policy about
> classifying NWA material? - http://meteoriticalsociety.org/?page_id=59
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>


-- 
Jim Wooddell
jim.wooddell at suddenlink.net
http://pages.suddenlink.net/chondrule/
Received on Sat 14 Feb 2015 02:55:36 PM PST


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