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An animation of 2008 TC3's excited rotation prior to entering the atmosphere. The asteroid was discovered by Richard A. Kowalski at the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) 1.5-meter telescope at Mount Lemmon, north of Tucson, Arizona, US, on October 6, 06:39 UTC, 19 hours before the impact.
The NASA commitment has resulted in the funding of a number of NEO search efforts, which made considerable progress toward the 90% goal by the target date of 2008 and also produced the first ever successful prediction of an asteroid impact (the 4-meter 2008 TC 3 was detected 19 hours before impact).
Weekend End Date Film Total Weekend Gross Notes 1: January 13, 2008: National Treasure: Book of Secrets: $2,153,595: 2: January 20, 2008: National Treasure: Book of ...
Pages in category "Meteorites found in the Philippines" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. O. Orconuma meteorite
This is a list of asteroids that have impacted Earth after discovery and orbit calculation that predicted the impact in advance. As of December 2024, all of the asteroids with predicted impacts were under 5 m (16 ft) in size that were discovered just hours before impact, and burned up in the atmosphere as meteors.
A meteor air burst is a type of air burst in which a meteoroid explodes after entering a planetary body's atmosphere. This fate leads them to be called fireballs or bolides , with the brightest air bursts known as superbolides .
The Orconuma meteorite fell to Earth on March 7, 2011, in Orconuma, Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro. [2] It was discovered by three farmers, Fredo Manzano, Edgar Francisco Sr., and Enrico Camacho, Jr., who found the meteorite in the middle of a field. [3] The three farmers initially hid and stored the specimen before publicizing their discovery in ...
Pages in category "2008 YouTube videos" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Charlie the Unicorn;