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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.
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.
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 Winchcombe meteorite is a rare find, with a similar hydrogen isotope ratio to the water on Earth.. Recovering a meteorite within 12 hours of arrival means it is as pristine a specimen as we ...
On 8 September 2021, 1 square metre (11 sq ft) of the indented section of asphalt driveway where the meteorite landed was removed and taken to London's Natural History Museum. [ 10 ] Pieces of the Winchcombe meteorite are now part of a display in the Winchcombe Museum, which tells the story of its origins, unexpected arrival and its scientific ...
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
In late 2019 the Kiso Observatory added a new instrument to the telescope, "Tomo-e Gozen", designed to detect fast moving and rapidly changing objects. It has a wide field of view (20 square degrees) and scans the sky in just 2 hours, far faster than any other survey as of 2021. [34] [35] This puts it squarely in the warning survey category. In ...
A meteor that exploded in a spectacular fireball over Niagara Falls in 2022 was the smallest asteroid ever measured, a new study has found.. The asteroid, spotted by astronomers just hours before ...