Hi Mike: There is no way that you would have known that this was going to happen (unless you are good at reading tea leaves). If you look at the observations, the first observation was a little before midnight last night Tucson time. It turns out I was up there with a group of Girl Scout leaders at the other telescope on the mountain, but we left a few hours before the discovery!
I am a little surprised that they know so accurately where it will enter the atmosphere, given only one night's observations. Larry On Mon, October 6, 2008 12:42 pm, Mike Bandli wrote: > Remarkable indeed! I had no idea this was going to occur, so many thanks > for the post. Let the discussion begin! I wonder what NASA and other > institutions are doing to take advantage of this important event. More > info would be appreciated! > > Regards, > > > Mike Bandli > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sterling > K. Webb > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 12:20 PM > To: Meteorite List > Subject: [meteorite-list] Fw: Bolide to enter over northern Sudan in > lessthan 8 hours > > Hi, All! > > > Rob Matson asked to forward this to the list > as he apparently cannot post it. A remarkable event, well... Read it. > > A shame it's not hitting some area more > hospitable to searches! > > Sterling K. Webb > ---------------------------------------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matson, Robert D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]>; "Sterling K. Webb" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 2:09 PM > Subject: Bolide to enter over northern Sudan in <8 hours > > > > Hi All, > > > A large bolide is going to enter over northern Sudan in less > than 8 hours -- the first case of an asteroid being discovered that has a > 100% chance of hitting the earth -- well, hitting > its atmosphere, anyway: > > http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/mpec/K08/K08T50.html > > > The Minor Planet Center claims that it won't survive atmospheric > passage, which is true if they mean as a single body. But I calculate the > size to be at least 3 meters, possibly as much as 4.5 meters, so I'd be > quite surprised if no meteorites were produced. > > It will be nighttime in Europe and Africa when 2008 TC3 enters, > so hopefully someone will get some good video! --Rob > > Sterling & Doug: I'm sending this to the two of you since I don't > think this will make it through to Meteorite Central. If one of you could > please forward for me, I'd be much obliged. :-) > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
