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Asteroid Explodes Over Sudan

Posted by timothy on from the did-it-make-a-noise dept.

radioweather writes "A recently discovered Apollo Asteroid, 2008 TC3, exploded over Sudan at about 1046 EDT on October 7, 2008, according to astronomer Tim Spahr of Harvard University 2008 TC3 was discovered on Monday by an observer at the Mt Lemmon Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. 2008 TC3 is notable in that it is the first Asteroid of its size that was identified before impact and tracking it put the entire Spaceguard tracking system to an extreme test. TC3 is estimated to be only two to five meters in diameter but exploded with the force of a one kiloton of explosive power." We mentioned the asteroid last on Monday, when it was only at a 99.8 percent chance of colliding with Earth.

3 of 114 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Fine, but no one really saw it by Muad'Dave · · Score: -1, Troll

    ... no photos yet (probably none were captured).

    I'm sure photos were captured, but your and my unclassified eyes will never see them!

    --
    Tiller's Rule: Never use a word in written form that you've only heard and never read. You will end up looking foolish.
  2. Or howabout the Lesbian bdsm on man-ass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Black In Men, staring Angela D'Angelo and Ron Jeremy (poor guy)?

  3. Re:Picture of explosion? by janwedekind · · Score: -1, Troll

    There's only an amateur video of a small fragment's impact.