[meteorite-list] Fragments of impacting asteroid 2008 TC3 recovered
From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:30:27 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <56121.71.226.60.25.1235125827.squirrel_at_timber.lpl.arizona.edu> Dear Marco: Thanks for this information. There was a minor error in it, however. The article lists Alan Treiman at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. This is correct. However, LPI is in Houston, Texas, not Tucson, Arizona. The Planetary Sciece Institute is in Tucson. Close but no cigar. Lest we forget, 2008 TC3 (discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey just north of Tucson) was an Apollo asteroid (it was in an Earth-crossing orbit, obviously). But it also barely crossed the orbit of Mars. Also, it was tumbling or wobbling with a period under 100 seconds. This implies that it was a "solid" rock, not a rubble pile. Larry On Fri, February 20, 2009 1:38 am, Marco Langbroek wrote: > http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16635-found-pieces-of-space-rock-on > ce-seen-heading-for-earth.html > > Fragments of the small asteroid impact (NEA 2008 TC3) over Sudan in > October have > been found. > > - Marco > > > ----- > Dr Marco Langbroek > > > http://www.marcolangbroek.nl > ----- > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > Received on Fri 20 Feb 2009 05:30:27 AM PST |
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