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The general public knows his discovery as 'Meteor Crater'; its proper scientific name, as determined by the Meteoritical Society, is The Barringer Meteorite Crater.
Footnote: The crater has been known by several names. Before its impact origin was appreciated, the crater was called Coon Mountain or Coon Butte. Later it was called Meteor Crater, which is the popular or common name used today. However, the name recognized by the Meteoritical Society, composed in part of professional geologists who study impact craters, is the Barringer Meteorite Crater, in recognition of the work of Daniel Moreau Barringer who championed an impact origin for the crater.