10-06-2008, 11:37 PM
ASTEROID IMPACT: If predictions were correct, asteroid 2008 TC3 has hit our planet, exploding in the atmosphere over northern Sudan like a kiloton of TNT and creating a fireball as bright as a full Moon, Most of the 3-meter-wide asteroid should have been vaporized in the atmosphere with only small pieces reaching the ground as meteorites. Stay tuned for confirming reports and photos.
2008 TC3 was discovered on Oct. 6th by astronomers using the Mt. Lemmon telescope in Arizona. They were conducting the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey for near-Earth objects. Asteroids the size of 2008 TC3 hit Earth every few months, but this is the first time one has been discovered before it hit.
pre-impact images: from Eric Allen of Observatoire du Cegep de Trois-Rivieres, Champlain, Québec; from Ernesto Guido et al. of Remanzacco Observatory, Italy
http://www.spaceweather.com/
2008 TC3 was discovered on Oct. 6th by astronomers using the Mt. Lemmon telescope in Arizona. They were conducting the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey for near-Earth objects. Asteroids the size of 2008 TC3 hit Earth every few months, but this is the first time one has been discovered before it hit.
pre-impact images: from Eric Allen of Observatoire du Cegep de Trois-Rivieres, Champlain, Québec; from Ernesto Guido et al. of Remanzacco Observatory, Italy
http://www.spaceweather.com/