[meteorite-list] Interesting Trivia - Black Beauty Moniker

From: Bigjohn Shea <bigjohnshea_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:37:31 +0100
Message-ID: <trinity-d31c4135-68b9-4ecf-9671-d149d3f619b5-1510616251673_at_msvc-mesg-gmxus004>

"The meaning of nick names or monikers will be lost in a generation or two, while official names will stand the test of time."

So you're planning to stop calling NWA 5000, "The Legendary, NWA 5000"?

;-) ;-)

John






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On 11/13/17 at 5:05 PM, Adam Hupe via Meteorite-list wrote:

> An interesting piece of trivia:
>
> Did you know that the nickname "Black Beauty" originated with a
> completely different Martian meteorite 9 years before NWA 7034 was
> announced. Black Beauty was also used as a moniker to describe a fall
> within months of when NWA 7034 was made official.
>
> Supporting documentation:
> https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/newsroom/pressreleases/20030212c.html
>
> NWA 1460:
> https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=NWA+1460&sfor=names&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=0&pnt=Normal%20table&code=32318
>
> This demonstrates the need to use official classification nomenclature
> used to describe officially studied meteorites. The meaning of nick
> names or monikers will be lost in a generation or two, while official
> names will stand the test of time.
>
> Adam
>
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