[meteorite-list] Meteorite names that are names

From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:29:58 -0400
Message-ID: <4A6BB196.6060204_at_usgs.gov>

I like this theme...

Can you name a famous American political figure whose first and last
name are each also H chondrite names?

Jeff

Darren Garrison wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:00:33 -0400, you wrote:
>
>
>> I think Kevin Kichinka compiled such a list that he distributed with
>> his Meteorite Market report.
>>
>>
>
> It is probably a pretty big percentage of meteorites, given names from all
> cultures, not just "American names" (whatever that is.) A big percentage of
> place names, I would think are named after someone-- and lots of people's names
> are then derived from place names. Somewhere in Australia, there might be some
> poor kid named Millbillillie Mundrabilla.
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