[meteorite-list] Interesting Trivia - Black Beauty Moniker

Adam Hupe raremeteorites at centurylink.net
Mon Nov 13 18:05:14 EST 2017


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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