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INCOMING!, Detection and observation of Earth-approaching asteroids.
Paolo
post Oct 6 2008, 07:53 PM
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no sone seems to have noticed this yet
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post Oct 6 2008, 09:31 PM
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From TPS:

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The meteor is expected to be visible from eastern Africa as an extremely bright fireball traveling rapidly across the sky from northeast to southwest. The object is expected to enter the atmosphere over northern Sudan at a shallow angle.

"We're eager for observations from astronomers near the asteroid's approach path. We really hope that someone will manage to photograph it," said Williams.


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post Oct 6 2008, 09:44 PM
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I guess once LSST and PanSTARRS come online we'll get these kind of alerts fairly regularly. I imagine it will change the public perception of 'asteroid impact predicted!' headlines a lot. People will go from thinking of the end of the world to thinking of photo ops + a mad scramble for very valuable rocks.
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- Paolo   INCOMING!   Oct 6 2008, 07:53 PM
- - climber   Too much info kill the info! Where do we have ...   Oct 6 2008, 07:57 PM
- - ugordan   Whoa! Any chance of organizing a crash observi...   Oct 6 2008, 07:58 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   An asteroid... well, really a meteor, is now predi...   Oct 6 2008, 07:58 PM
- - charborob   Any idea how big is this rock?   Oct 6 2008, 08:00 PM
- - Juramike   QUOTE The absolute magnitude indicates that the ob...   Oct 6 2008, 08:03 PM
- - imipak   Is this the first time a fireball's been predi...   Oct 6 2008, 08:05 PM
- - TheChemist   Hey guys, don't just tear your swimming suits ...   Oct 6 2008, 08:12 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   There have been at least three revisions in the la...   Oct 6 2008, 08:19 PM
- - climber   30.4!!! Gona be visible over the horiz...   Oct 6 2008, 08:45 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Space.com is now reporting the story, and says atm...   Oct 6 2008, 08:46 PM
|- - SFJCody   I wonder if it can be imaged from orbit during ent...   Oct 6 2008, 09:30 PM
- - Shaka   From TPS: QUOTE The meteor is expected to be visi...   Oct 6 2008, 09:31 PM
|- - SFJCody   I guess once LSST and PanSTARRS come online we...   Oct 6 2008, 09:44 PM
- - ngunn   It may be small and harmless, but for me knowing i...   Oct 6 2008, 09:44 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Man, I've never seen anything quite like this....   Oct 6 2008, 10:39 PM
- - Shaka   LINKS, man! Give us links, HTL!   Oct 6 2008, 10:53 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Link Anything with 2008 TC3. Most recent on top....   Oct 6 2008, 10:59 PM
- - Juramike   I guess they won't be seeing it from here (bad...   Oct 6 2008, 11:31 PM
- - dmuller   If this thing is coming in shallow from NE to SW t...   Oct 6 2008, 11:38 PM
- - volcanopele   hmm, I think my Celestia copy needs fixing. Using...   Oct 6 2008, 11:46 PM
- - Fran Ontanaya   The NEO Program lists it as a close approach at 0....   Oct 6 2008, 11:55 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Used a reliable horizon calculator to come up with...   Oct 6 2008, 11:59 PM
- - dmuller   Emily pointed to a beautiful simulation of the eve...   Oct 7 2008, 12:47 AM
- - elakdawalla   By the way, discussion on Minor Planets Mailing Li...   Oct 7 2008, 12:56 AM
- - volcanopele   I agree, that's the direction I got from my si...   Oct 7 2008, 01:00 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   QUOTE (Shaka @ Oct 6 2008, 06:48 PM) Er.....   Oct 7 2008, 01:00 AM
- - nprev   "Major Bolide Forecast Tonight; No Damage Exp...   Oct 7 2008, 01:19 AM
- - Hungry4info   If I did the math right, just a few more minutes u...   Oct 7 2008, 01:39 AM
- - claurel   Here's a Celestia simulation of 2008 TC3's...   Oct 7 2008, 01:44 AM
|- - dmuller   QUOTE (claurel @ Oct 7 2008, 11:44 AM) He...   Oct 7 2008, 01:58 AM
- - Hungry4info   Going to? Has it already? Or did I again get my ma...   Oct 7 2008, 02:00 AM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Oct 7 2008, 03:00 AM...   Oct 7 2008, 02:23 AM
- - claurel   Here's a Celestia simulation of 2008 TC3's...   Oct 7 2008, 02:31 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   I will take the liberty of posting this quote from...   Oct 7 2008, 02:32 AM
- - volcanopele   As 2008 TC3 passes over Niger, let's us have a...   Oct 7 2008, 02:40 AM
|- - jumpjack   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Oct 7 2008, 04:40 AM...   Oct 7 2008, 07:49 AM
|- - ugordan   SpaceWeather.com has news about a possibly positiv...   Oct 7 2008, 08:33 AM
- - stevesliva   And the earth emits a contented belch.   Oct 7 2008, 02:50 AM
- - deglr6328   Well that was that....it would seem. Looks like we...   Oct 7 2008, 02:50 AM
- - volcanopele   At last check, Earth still here. 2008 TC3...not s...   Oct 7 2008, 02:51 AM
- - deglr6328   my mistake, nearly 5am local time rather than 3 UT...   Oct 7 2008, 02:53 AM
- - dmuller   I can confirm that Australia is still here as well...   Oct 7 2008, 02:57 AM
- - Bobby   Any Videos or Photos of the event yet???   Oct 7 2008, 03:48 AM
- - deglr6328   here you go! ------------------* ...   Oct 7 2008, 03:57 AM
- - deglr6328   Well we can at least say that it wasn't CATAST...   Oct 7 2008, 08:48 AM
- - volcanopele   Surprised I haven't seen any word of this from...   Oct 7 2008, 09:20 AM
- - Fran Ontanaya   A small piece of info about spectra: http://tech.g...   Oct 7 2008, 09:49 AM
- - djellison   That series of 10s exposures showing the thing ...   Oct 7 2008, 09:57 AM
- - Tman   Maybe an indirect sighting of a webcam at El Groun...   Oct 7 2008, 10:27 AM
- - PhilCo126   Based on 26 optical observations, the probability ...   Oct 7 2008, 05:06 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Oct 7 2008, 01:06 PM) ...   Oct 7 2008, 05:25 PM
- - PhilCo126   O.K. impact with Earth's atmosphere was for su...   Oct 7 2008, 05:31 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Oct 7 2008, 06:31 PM) ...   Oct 7 2008, 06:29 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Oct 7 2008, 11:29 AM) W...   Oct 7 2008, 08:20 PM
- - ngunn   Spaceweather.com now has an update on an infrasoun...   Oct 7 2008, 09:45 PM
- - dmuller   well it did get some coverage in Australia: headli...   Oct 8 2008, 02:36 AM
- - jumpjack   No images/video after more than 24 hours. I guess ...   Oct 8 2008, 06:38 AM
- - PhilCo126   Other than the webcam images in the German forum a...   Oct 8 2008, 10:36 AM
- - jumpjack   I found some guys who actually have SEEN the objec...   Oct 8 2008, 02:09 PM
- - jumpjack   Standalone Windows .fit viewer: http://www.nrao.ed...   Oct 8 2008, 02:43 PM
- - Fran Ontanaya   Meteosat 8 catched it! (see SpaceWeather.com)   Oct 8 2008, 06:26 PM
|- - ugordan   Nice! I was hoping some satellite would catch ...   Oct 8 2008, 06:33 PM
- - Tman   Another processed image of Meteosat http://www.eum...   Oct 9 2008, 10:37 AM
- - jumpjack   Another incoming?!? http://remanzacco.blogspot...   Oct 9 2008, 01:04 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (jumpjack @ Oct 9 2008, 02:04 PM) A...   Oct 9 2008, 01:06 PM
|- - jumpjack   Full inline quote removed - Admin according to an...   Oct 9 2008, 01:21 PM
- - jumpjack   2008 TC3 just 1 hour before reentry, while enterin...   Oct 9 2008, 01:06 PM
- - PhilCo126   True video of 2008 TC3 ??? ??? ??? http://www....   Oct 9 2008, 06:09 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Oct 9 2008, 08:09 PM) ...   Oct 9 2008, 06:12 PM
- - djellison   Nor do I - that's just your average meteor str...   Oct 9 2008, 06:14 PM
- - deglr6328   on the NIGHT OF entry I was looking at random yout...   Oct 9 2008, 07:53 PM
- - Tman   Some analyses of the Meteosat images http://www.eu...   Oct 10 2008, 07:13 AM
|- - ugordan   I haven't seen their ideas on whether the Mete...   Oct 10 2008, 07:35 AM
|- - Spin0   QUOTE (ugordan @ Oct 10 2008, 10:35 AM) I...   Oct 11 2008, 07:59 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (Spin0 @ Oct 11 2008, 09:59 PM) Cou...   Oct 11 2008, 08:02 PM
|- - Spin0   QUOTE (ugordan @ Oct 11 2008, 11:02 PM) W...   Oct 12 2008, 11:24 AM
|- - ugordan   Great analysis, Spin0. I think you've nailed t...   Oct 12 2008, 11:38 AM
|- - dilo   Excellent work, Spin! I think too that halved ...   Oct 12 2008, 05:36 PM
- - PhilCo126   Looks like our doubts on the 2008 TC3 video were c...   Oct 10 2008, 06:56 PM
|- - jumpjack   QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Oct 10 2008, 08:56 PM)...   Oct 11 2008, 08:49 AM
- - Tman   Nice GIF of the fast gyrating http://www.skyandtel...   Oct 11 2008, 09:15 AM
- - Tman   That's by far a better one to trick with it - ...   Oct 11 2008, 04:11 PM
|- - dilo   Really impressive and beatiful lucky picture!   Oct 11 2008, 05:49 PM
|- - jumpjack   QUOTE (Tman @ Oct 11 2008, 06:11 PM) That...   Oct 11 2008, 06:02 PM
- - claurel   While hoping and waiting for some images of the bo...   Oct 11 2008, 06:46 PM
|- - DDAVIS   I created another visualization of the trajectory ...   Oct 11 2008, 09:58 PM
|- - claurel   QUOTE (DDAVIS @ Oct 11 2008, 02:58 PM) Wh...   Oct 12 2008, 04:51 AM
- - Spin0   US Gov fireball data release regarding 2008 TC3: ...   Oct 16 2008, 02:34 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (Spin0 @ Oct 16 2008, 04:34 PM) US ...   Oct 16 2008, 02:56 PM
- - Mongo   I guess that this shows that we still have a lot t...   Oct 16 2008, 05:14 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (Mongo @ Oct 16 2008, 07:14 PM) I w...   Oct 16 2008, 05:22 PM
|- - jumpjack   QUOTE (ugordan @ Oct 16 2008, 07:22 PM) h...   Oct 17 2008, 07:25 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (jumpjack @ Oct 17 2008, 08:25 AM) ...   Oct 17 2008, 07:37 AM
|- - jumpjack   full inline quote removed. Admins are VERY scary....   Oct 17 2008, 09:16 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (jumpjack @ Oct 17 2008, 11:16 AM) ...   Oct 17 2008, 09:18 AM
- - nprev   Neat link, Gordan; thanks! Re the detonation ...   Oct 16 2008, 09:58 PM
- - volcanopele   Spying for Major League Baseball? (sorry, old Simp...   Oct 17 2008, 08:59 AM
- - ugordan   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Oct 17 2008, 10:59 A...   Oct 17 2008, 09:16 AM
- - stevesliva   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Oct 17 2008, 04:59 A...   Oct 18 2008, 01:04 PM
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