[meteorite-list] RE: History of the word DISASTER= negative influences of the star (s)

Matson, Robert ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com
Thu Sep 1 13:54:17 EDT 2005

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Dirk offered:

"After writing my last post concerning disaster response it
dawned on me that the word disaster contains the word "star",
ASTER. ..."

Yep:  asterism, asteroid, disaster, asterisk -- they all have
the same root.  So the NEO with our name on it would aptly
be called a "disasteroid".   ;-)  --Rob

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