2008 TC3 links

• "Fireball Detection," Univ. of Western Ontario Meteor Physics U.S. DoD Bolide Releases - 1 March 2010
  Quote: "Sensors aboard US satellites detected the impact of a bolide over Africa on 7 October 2008 at 02:45:40 UT."

• "Building Blocks of Life Created in 'Impossible' Place," NASA/Goddard - 15 Dec. 2010
• "Meteorite just one piece of an unknown celestial body," Carnegie Inst. of Wash. - 15 Dec. 2010
• "The Impact and Recovery of Asteroid 2008 TC3," NASA/SETI - 15 Dec. 2010
• "Fire in the Nubian Sky," Saudi Aramco World - Nov./Dec. 2010

• "Astereoid 2008 TC3 Revealed," SETI Inst. - 8 Oct. 2009
• "First Ever Spectrum of an Asteroid Which Hit the Earth," Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes - 25 March 2009
• "Asteroid Impact Helps Trace Meteorite Origins," Carnegie Institution of Washington - 25 March 2009 - Quote: "This asteroid was made of a particularly fragile material [and] falls into a category of very rare meteorites called ureilites."
• "UK astronomers observe asteroid before it crashes into Earth," U.K. Science and Technology Facilities Council - 25 March 2009 - Quote: "[The 4.2-meter] Herschel Telescope on La Palma ... captured the only spectrum of [the asteroid] before it exploded."
• "First tracked space rock recovered after impact," New Scientist - 19 Feb. 2009 - Quote: "The discovery of meteorites ... completes an astronomical trifecta."

• "Disintegrated Asteroid," SpaceWeather.com - 8 Nov. 2008 - Quote: "for the first time, a ground-based photo has come to light."
• "Asteroid 2008 TC3 Strikes Earth: Predictions and Observations Agree," NASA JPL - 4 Nov. 2008
• "Fireball Detection," U.S. government info posted by Peter Brown - 15 Oct. 2008
• "Little Asteroid Makes a Big Splash," Sky & Telescope - 9 Oct. 2008
• "Meteosat-8 Rapid Scan captures asteroid impact," Eumetsat - 9 Oct. 2008 [new URL found 19 April 2011]
• "Why Asteroid 2008 TC3 Represents a Landmark," IYA2009-Ireland - 8 Oct. 2008
• "Space rock collides with Earth right on time" & "Space rock found on collision course with Earth," New Scientist - 8 Oct. 2008
• "Asteroid Exploded in Earth's Atmosphere," Space.com - 8 Oct. 2008
• "Asteroid Impact," SpaceWeather.com - 8 Oct. 2008
• "Asteroid affirms prediction program," Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 8 Oct. 2008
• "Earth Impactor 2008 TC3" - La Sagra Observatory - 7 Oct. 2008
• "Fate of asteroid discovered by UA researchers remains unknown," Tucson Citizen - 7 Oct. 2008
• "Asteroid Impact," SpaceWeather.com - 7 Oct. 2008
• "Asteroid 2008 TC3 photographed," Taurus Hill Observatory - 7 Oct. 2008
• "Bolide impact predicted tonight!" - David Morrison's NEO News at SpaceRef.com - 6 Oct. 2008
• "A two-meter asteroid will hit the atmosphere over northern Sudan," Univ. of Arizona - 6 Oct. 2008
• "Boulder-sized Asteroid Will Burn Up in Earth's Atmosphere Tonight," Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics - 6 Oct. 2008
• "Small Asteroid Predicted to Cause Brilliant Fireball over Northern Sudan," NASA JPL - 6 Oct. 2008
• "Meteor Strike Forecast for Oct. 6-7," Sky & Telescope - 6 Oct. 2008
• "Incoming Asteroid," SpaceWeather.com - 6 Oct. 2008
• "Small Asteroid to Streak into Earth's Atmosphere Tonight," Space.com - 6 Oct. 2008
  
  
• See also reports compiled at Great Shefford Observatory and Wikipedia.

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