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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.
Date of impact Location of impact Method of detection Estimated size Reference 2008 TC 3: October 7, 2008: Nubian Desert in Sudan: visual, weather satellite, meteorite recovery: 4 m (13 ft) [1] 2014 AA: January 2, 2014: Central Atlantic Ocean: infrasound: 2–4 m (6.6–13.1 ft) [2] 2018 LA: June 2, 2018: Botswana/South Africa border: visual ...
An impact event is a collision between ... 1.6 mi) (near the site of Marble Bar, Western ... identified prior to impacting earth after 2008 TC3.
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2008 – Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into Earth's atmosphere. 2008 – Qantas Flight 72 experiences an in-flight upset near Learmonth, Victoria, Australia, injuring 112. [12] 2016 – In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to over 800. [13]
TC3 may refer to: Tc3 transposon, a transposon in Caenorhabditis elegans; 2008 TC3, a meteoroid that entered Earth's atmosphere on October 7, 2008; Tha Carter III, a studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne; Tompkins Cortland Community College, also abbreviated as TC3, a college in Dryden, New York, United States
For the giant planets, the "radius" is defined as the distance from the center at which the atmosphere reaches 1 bar of atmospheric pressure. [ 11 ] Because Sedna and 2002 MS 4 have no known moons, directly determining their mass is impossible without sending a probe (estimated to be from 1.7x10 21 to 6.1×10 21 kg for Sedna [ 12 ] ).