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
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From: Rob Matson [mailto:mojave_meteori...@cox.net]
Sent: Sunday, February 22,
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;
Grossman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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
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)
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
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Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg!
...a name that would then probably be soon abbreviate
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
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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
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
Oops,
I should have checked a map first. After all the talk about dry lakes I drifted
back to my days of desert scrounging. I can still SEE the heat. Unfortunately I
was unaware of meteorites then.
Thanks!
Bill
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From: "Matson, Robert" <[
Hi Bill,
I agree that Zzyzx would make a terrific meteorite name! (Zzyzx is
actually in California just off I-15). --Rob
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Subject: [meteorite-list] What's in a name?
Hi all,
The
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
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
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
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
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
eorites a run
for their money!
:0)
Jeannie
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Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:22 AM
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Hi Dave,
Sh
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
Jeannie
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From: "Walter Branch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:22 AM
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Hi Dave,
Shoot, I'd pay extra for those name
Hi Dave,
Shoot, I'd pay extra for those names!
I really like Australian names, particularly
anything ending in "Donga."
My favorite: Donga Donga
Local names around here might include:
Rincon
Springfield
Pooler
Garden City
Thunderbolt (not bad, though)
Guyton
Register
Tybee
Denmark (has one sto
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