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11 October 2008

Updated Impact Information for 2008 TC3


Ground path of the meteoroid over Sudan. The red line is the object's path, terminating where it would have hit the ground. The green line is the infrasound detection of the object's explosion. METEOSAT IR fireball location indicated by orange crosshairs. Predicted altitude as the object crossed the Nile River and several other points are listed. Exact path and fireball altitude have not been confirmed. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_TC3)


Meteosat 8 / EUMETSAT IR image of the 2008 TC3 explosion. Copyright 2008 EUMETSAT. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_TC3)

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Posted by A.C. Charania at 16:14

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