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2008 TC 3 (Catalina Sky Survey temporary designation 8TA9D69) was an 80-tonne (80-long-ton; 90-short-ton), 4.1-meter (13 ft) diameter asteroid [2] that entered Earth's atmosphere on October 7, 2008. [3] It exploded at an estimated 37 kilometers (23 mi) above the Nubian Desert in Sudan.
A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a " find ". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There are more than 1,300 documented falls listed in widely used databases, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] most of which have specimens in modern collections.
The meteor was also referred to as the "Buzzard Coulee fireball", named after the area where searchers found the first fragments. [9] Buzzard Coulee is located approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the Battle River valley. The first pieces of the rock were found by Ellen Milley, a University of Calgary Master's student on November 27, 2008.
The crash is the first meteorite fall detected by radar in the state, the agency said. Bright ‘fireball’ flew over Maine and crashed, NASA says. Whoever finds it gets $25,000
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People living along the East Coast might have seen a large meteor flash across the sky Sunday night. News 12 New Jersey even managed to capture video of it. WCAU reported people in Pennsylvania ...
On 12 September 2008, around 08:30 hours, from the north-west sky this meteorite fell, which was observed by several people residing in the villages around the town of Sulaguri. According to the eyewitnesses, they heard a screeching sound and a bang. It was followed by house shaking explosions. Bright flashes and smoke were also observed. [1]
A "meteorite fall", also called an "observed fall", is a meteorite collected after its arrival was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a "meteorite find". [43] [44] There are more than 1,100 documented falls listed in widely used databases, [45] [46] [47] most of which have specimens in modern collections.