[meteorite-list] Name of Texas Fall: Ash Creek

[Ted Bunch]

The other problem is that there is an Arizona meteorite classified as Little
Ash Creek - confusing may be?

Ted


On 4/16/09 9:33 AM, "Jeff Grossman" <jgrossman at usgs.gov> wrote:

> I'm told that 'West' will be made a synonym.  The NomCom hasn't done
> this formally at this time.
> 
> I agree that names of falls should be decided asap.  I used to try to
> do this when I was in a position to do so.
> 
> Often, the name that gets priority is the one suggested by the
> initial finder.  The rule is that it has to be "named after a nearby
> geographical locality."
> 
> jeff
> 
> At 12:01 PM 4/16/2009, Mark Ford wrote:
>>  Steve has a point there, is the new name cross correlated in some way
>> with 'West' in the actual database? (It just came up as Ash Creek when I
>> searched).  - Just worries me it's a great way to loose a few thousand
>> specimens of a fall, if in the future you can't cross correlate the
>> label names!
>> 
>> I also wonder if there was any way a name could be officially assigned
>> at the time of a fall rather than several months after it's recovered?
>> 
>> Out of interest, is the name that's given the nearest place/town to the
>> first recovery, or to the majority location of the finds? How's it
>> decided?
>> 
>> Best,
>> Mark
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Name of Texas Fall: Ash Creek
>> 
>> Jeff,
>> 
>> Does the Nomenclature Committed assign "official synonyms" such as West
>> as
>> well?
>> 
>> As they say, it is hard to get the toothpaste back in the tube once it
>> is
>> out.
>> 
>> Steve Arnold
>> Arkansas
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> In a message dated 4/16/2009 8:02:53 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
>> jgrossman at usgs.gov writes:
>> I just wanted everybody on the list to know that  the Nomenclature
>> Committee has approved the name of the recent fall near  West,
>> Texas.  It will have the official name "Ash Creek".  See  this and 38
>> other recent approvals at:
>> http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/  (use the What's New pulldown menu).
>> 
>> jeff
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