10 października 2008
Asteroids!
I don't check the Planetary Society website for a few days, and this is the sort of thing I miss.Apparently, the folks up on Mt. Lemmon observatory were among those who tracked 2008 TC3, a newly discovered asteroid that, well, isn't there anymore. Shortly after it was discovered and named, they realized that its orbit would bring it into collision with Earth. This makes the first time that an object was discovered before it collided with the Earth's atmosphere. This particular asteroid burned up over northern Sudan.
The full known history of the asteroid (about 20 hours!) is over at the Planetary Society's blog.
Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.
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Neato! Does that mean we are going to live out one of the doomsday scenarios like Armageddon? Well except hopefully for avoiding Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck.
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