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Space rock found on collision course with Earth

  • 06-10-2008 9:06pm
    #1
    Conor108
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    For the first time, astronomers have found an object on a certain collision course with Earth. Fortunately, it is so small it is not expected to cause any damage, burning up in the atmosphere somewhere above northern Sudan in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. It may, however, produce a brilliant 'shooting star'.

    The space rock, dubbed 2008 TC3, was first spotted on Monday in a survey by the Mt Lemmon Observatory near Tucson, Arizona.

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    Pretty cool:D And it should be entering the atmosphere in just 4 Hours and 40 mins from now. (0246 GMT Tuesday)


Comments

  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Pity you can't see it here.


  • #3
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    that was pretty cool , first one ever tracked before it hit, and some airline pilots were told to look out for it and saw the falsh a few hundreds miles away when it hit


  • #4
    maggiemae
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 ✭maggiemae


    Does anyone have any links to news stories about what this was actually like?? Sounds like an amazing thing if pilots actually saw it


  • #5
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    link on wikipedia article about it


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