Re: [meteorite-list] What's in a name

Appending my own comments, one only has to search as far as the name "Canyon". The naming of Canyon Diablo certainly predates the later meteorite name "Canyon" (Met. Bull. #37, 1966). --Rob -Original Message- From: Rob Matson [mailto:mojave_meteori...@cox.net] Sent: Sunday, February 22,

[meteorite-list] What's in a name

Hi Steve, > If it really is customary to avoid choosing proper names that are a subset > of existing ones, how in the world did Clearwater West, Kelly West, Laundry > West, Victoria West, West Hawk, West Point all avoid the custom of > disqualification on the above merits? Ahh, but they are not s

Re: [meteorite-list] What's in a name? Name your meteorite for fame?

Gents: What I'd like to see is a fall in Meteor Township, Sawyer County, WI. What could be better than the Meteor meteorite? Mark Madison, WI > Hi Jeff, > > >Unique (Cuba) > > Is there no "Very Unique" > > I just realized the perfect name: > > Enigma (Georgia, USA, a small town near Tifton;

Re: [meteorite-list] What's in a name? Name your meteorite for fame?

Grossman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What's in a name? Name your meteorite for fame? > Names I'd like to see for meteorites: > > A-lien (Taiwan) > Avarice (after Avarice Mount, Australia) > Exp

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Names I'd like to see for meteorites: A-lien (Taiwan) Avarice (after Avarice Mount, Australia) Expensive (after Expensive Tank, New Mexico) Impossible (after Impossible Canyon, Calif.) Pandora (New Zealand) Priceless (after the Priceless Mine, Ariz.) Stolen (Norway) Unique (Cuba) Unknown (Zimbabwe)

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Aloha - That should be Ka'a'awa :-) And as someone who lives in Volcano :-) ... I keep looking at dark colored rocks on the ground - but there are just too many there are lapili from Kilauea, and Pele's tears - but realistically, almost everything on the ground is WAY younger than most (m

RE: [meteorite-list] What's in a name?

EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zelimir Gabelica Sent: 21 February 2005 18:00 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] What's in a name? Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg! ...a name that would then probably be soon abbreviate

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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 19:00:09 +0100, Zelimir Gabelica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I remember that the village with the longuest mane (world record) is >somewhere in Whales. Obviously can't remember it (who can help ?) Google is your friend. http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/name.html _

RE: [meteorite-list] What's in a name?

Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg! ...a name that would then probably be soon abbreviated as "15 g"? .. I remember that the village with the longuest mane (world record) is somewhere in Whales. Obviously can't remember it (who can help ?) I just remember another remote place, a smal

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I woud like to see a meteorite fall by the shores of: Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Located in Webster Ma, at the boundary of Ma, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Most popular( but probably not the most accurate) translation: "You fish on your side, I fish on my side, and nobo

RE: [meteorite-list] What's in a name?

t: 2/21/2005 12:37 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] What's in a name? > > Hi all, > > The name that stands out in my mind is Zzyzx Nevada. I remember driving > through there the first time in a 60 Ford Falcon in August, no ac of > course. When I read the Zzyzx sign it defin

RE: [meteorite-list] What's in a name?

Hi Bill, I agree that Zzyzx would make a terrific meteorite name! (Zzyzx is actually in California just off I-15). --Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: 2/21/2005 12:37 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] What's in a name? Hi all,

[meteorite-list] What's in a name?

Hi all, The name that stands out in my mind is Zzyzx Nevada. I remember driving through there the first time in a 60 Ford Falcon in August, no ac of course. When I read the Zzyzx sign it defined my state of mind. Kind of like a frying short circut. Little Cow Hole Mountain is nearby as well...

Re: [meteorite-list] What's in a name? Name your meteorite for fame?

I will see your "Chicken", "Eek", and "Donga", and raise you: Kaaawa Kealakekua Moiliili Kaunakakai Aiea Aina Haina Kailua-Kona Salt Lake (neither salty or a lake) Nuuanu Valley (oh, wait, the Honolulu fall strewnfield overlaps that) Nanakuli Anahola Hanapepe Volcano (there's actually a town calle

Re: [meteorite-list] What's in a name? Name your meteorite for fame?

Hi Dave and List, Here are some names of local towns and places that I think would make interesting meteorite names: Aho Bloodcamp Blowing Rock Cranberry Elk Park Goose Hollow Grassy Creek Hickory Nut Gap Ledger Licklog Meat Camp Montezuma Poga Seven Devils Squirrel Creek Sugar Mountain I'm hopin

Re: [meteorite-list] What's in a name, no high jacking here!

Hi, Guys! Thinking of nicely named places for a meteorite to fall? How about STONEY LONESOME (Indiana)? Good for a chondrite... Not to mention HOOKER (Oklahoma) and HAPPYLAND... My father was born in SHAKE RAG CORNERS (Illinois)? While you were in

Re: [meteorite-list] What's in a name, a hijacked thread!

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:26:22 -0700, David Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Dear List; >My thread was a dream list of locally occurring names that you could go >hunt up a meteorite with a cool name from your local area. >Mr. Cool guy steve has turned it into a favorite meteorite thread. T

Re: [meteorite-list] What's in a name, no high jacking here!

I would love to have a sign with "Meteorite from Hell" in my collection. Hell is a small village near Trondheim and anyone who wants to go to Hell might compare the hotel rates here. http://www.onetime.com/10/city-219013-1-Hell-hotels.html?wosid=H3MWtlmgnRL4tH7aEHi5P0 The best part is that the trai

Re: [meteorite-list] What's in a name? Name your meteorite for fame?

eorites a run for their money! :0) Jeannie - Original Message - From: "Walter Branch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "meteorite-list" Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What's in a name? Name your meteorite for fame? Hi Dave, Sh

Re: [meteorite-list] What's in a name, no high jacking here!

Hello Freeman, Here's a partial list of the locations in Arizona where I would like to find a meteoriteas long as we're wishin'. Ajo Why Dragoon Hope Ruby Potato Patch Tombstone Christmas Pia Oik Blue Punkin Center Happy Jack Freeman - yup...Freeman , Arizona Bumble Bee Skull Valley Rimmy Jim

[meteorite-list] What's in a name, a hijacked thread!

Dear List; My thread was a dream list of locally occurring names that you could go hunt up a meteorite with a cool name from your local area. Mr. Cool guy steve has turned it into a favorite meteorite thread. Thanks Steve! Is there a city in Illnoise named "riped off thread" ? I suggest we f

Re: [meteorite-list] What's in a name? Name your meteorite for fame?

Jeannie - Original Message - From: "Walter Branch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "meteorite-list" Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What's in a name? Name your meteorite for fame? Hi Dave, Shoot, I'd pay extra for those name

[meteorite-list] What's in a name?

Hello All ! I like the following names: Broken Bow Broken Hill Bruderheim (this would be "Brother's Home" in German) Cerro Del Inca [Cu- :-) ]Cumberland Falls Farmington Faucett Golden Rule Jalou (reminds me of French "jaloux", English "jealous") Juanita de Angeles Maralinga Norton County (Hello

Re: [meteorite-list] What's in a name? Name your meteorite for fame?

t;meteorite-list" Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 12:20 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] What's in a name? Name your meteorite for fame? > Dear List; > I would suppose no one has cold hunted locations specifically to find a > meteorite that could be named a more valuable name, exce

[meteorite-list] What's in a name? Name your meteorite for fame?

Dear List; I would suppose no one has cold hunted locations specifically to find a meteorite that could be named a more valuable name, except maybe that Beer Bottle Pass character(just kidding John), but, I have composed a list of local locations with interesting names that may add/detract

[meteorite-list] What's in a Name? It Depends on Who's Doing the Naming

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/spotlight/spirit/a24_20040602.html What's in a Name? It Depends on Who's Doing the Naming Jet Propulsion Laboratory June 2, 2004 Less than two weeks after Spirit landed on Mars, rover engineers and scientists were already planning Spirit's itinerary on the surface.

[meteorite-list] What's in a name...

Hi All, I think I'd categorize the following eBay auction as being a little obtuse: Why not just call it a Canyon Diablo? Mildly disceptive marketing or just trying to defeat eBay search filters of the sort "meteorit