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Image 1A
Infrared image taken by the Meteosat 8 satellite of asteroid 2008 TC3 exploding. Image courtesy: EUMESTAT
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Image 1B
Image taken by a cellphone of the contrail left by 2008 TC3 during its decent. Image courtesy: Shaddad
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Image 1C
University of Khartoum students and staff prepare to search for meteorite remnants
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Image 1D
The Nubian desert
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Image 1E
A typical example of a meteorite remnant linked to asteroid 2008 TC3, with a dark scruffy texture.
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Image 1F
Muawia Shaddad of the University of Khartoum, Sudan and NASA meteor astronomer Peter Jenniskens join students of the University of Khartoum at the location of one of the larger finds from the first search campaign, Dec. 8, 2008.
Steve Chesley
Image 2A
Telescope of the Catalina Sky Survey. Image courtesy: NASA/CSS
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Detecting asteroid 2008 TC3 in space.
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Impact trajectory of asteroid 2008 TC3.
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This space-based view of the Nubian Desert shows altitude in kilometers (in white circles) and meteor locations in red. Image courtesy NASA Ames/SETI/JPL | › Full resolution
Mike Zolensky
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Meteorite sample
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Meteorite sample linked to asteroid TC3
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Image 3C
Electron views of meteorite samples
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Image 3D
Asteroid types
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Lucy McFadden
Image 4A
Meteorite types
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Near-Earth asteroids
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Animation of Near-Earth objects that approached within 20 million kilometers (12.4 million miles) of Earth between the dates of July 2007 and June 2008. Image courtesy: IAU/Harvard/MPC
Supplemental Images
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