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Asteroid Impact Tomorrow

tundra

By tundra
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tundra

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  • Location: hertfordshire
    • Location: hertfordshire
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    According to Spaceweather.com a asteroid a few metres in diametre will hit Earth tomorrow over northern Sudan. The asteroid named 2008TC3 will hit at approx 0246 UTC releasing about a kiloton of energy as it disintergrates and exploads in the atmosphere. There is no threat expected on the ground.

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    snowsure Newbie

    snowsure

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  • Location: Doncaster 50 m asl
    • Location: Doncaster 50 m asl
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    According to Spaceweather.com a asteroid a few metres in diametre will hit Earth tomorrow over northern Sudan. The asteroid named 2008TC3 will hit at approx 0246 UTC releasing about a kiloton of energy as it disintergrates and exploads in the atmosphere. There is no threat expected on the ground.

    Thanks tundra. Like many on here, I look at this web site every day (in my case at about 5.30am each day) so you have given me a reason to wake up even earlier tomorrow to watch the story unfold.

    I like to use the JPL 3d orbits in my physics lessons to make Space an even more exciting subject; the pupils just love knowing that there is a rock out there with our name on it!

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    Sno' problem Aficionado

    Sno' problem

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  • Location: West/Central London (W11) 27m (88ft) ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and thunderstorms!! (With the odd gale thrown in)
    • Location: West/Central London (W11) 27m (88ft) ASL
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    Does anyone have any idea on the extent of the viewing for this asteroid?

    I am actually in Athens at the moment and the skies are clear, so may be worth me finding my way to the top of a hill if I can view it... Anyone know if I will be able to see it easily?

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    Sno' problem Aficionado

    Sno' problem

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  • Location: West/Central London (W11) 27m (88ft) ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and thunderstorms!! (With the odd gale thrown in)
    • Location: West/Central London (W11) 27m (88ft) ASL
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    Thanks for that Delta, also found this:

    http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news159.html

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    The watcher Contributor

    The watcher

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  • Location: Bangor, Northern Ireland (20m asl, near coast)
  • Weather Preferences: Any weather will do.
    • Location: Bangor, Northern Ireland (20m asl, near coast)
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    I seen this little bugger on the Near Earth Objects webiste, at 0.08 Lunar distance from earth it must have been pulled by gravity towards us to collide. It never mentioned a collision but I new by the distance from earth that it would impact.

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    James M Community Regular

    James M

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  • Location: Saddleworth, Oldham , 175m asl
  • Weather Preferences: warm and sunny, thunderstorms, frost, fog, snow, windstorms
    • Location: Saddleworth, Oldham , 175m asl
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    sweet! Will watch!

    Sent from my nokia e66

    This was a couple of weeks ago now.

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    Rustynailer Aficionado

    Rustynailer

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  • Location: Western Isle of Wight
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, Storm, anything loud and dramatic.
    • Location: Western Isle of Wight
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    If it was an act of biological fertilization it would not matter in the slightest whether it was two thousand years or two minutes ago, job done...

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    opplevelse Newbie

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  • Location: Left of centre off of the strip
    • Location: Left of centre off of the strip
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    This was a couple of weeks ago now.

    ahhh was sitting at the pub waiting for some friends when i read this, I must have missed the dates ... d'oh

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