INCOMING!, Detection and observation of Earth-approaching asteroids. |
INCOMING!, Detection and observation of Earth-approaching asteroids. |
 Oct 6 2008, 07:53 PM
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no sone seems to have noticed this yet
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Oct 7 2008, 02:51 AM
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At last check, Earth still here.
2008 TC3...not so much -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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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 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!
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... 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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