Asteroid 2008 TC3 - Almahata Sitta (Sudan) MS-311-1 (ELb4-5)

Dear collector friends,

Like many of you, on October 7th, 2008, we enthusiastically followed the reports about 2008 TC3 on the media.

As generally known, 2008 TC3 is the first asteroid detected in outer space for which the collision with Earth correctly had been predicted.

Around 19 hours after its detection by the astronomer Richard Kowalski, under the observation of passionate astronomers from all around the world, the asteroid which had a weight of approx. 83 tons when entering the atmosphere impacted in the North of Sudan, in the Nubian Desert. Subsequently, three extensive meteorite search expeditions led by Dr. Peter Jenniskens took place in which up to 100 people were involved. Altogether 47 specimens with a total weight of 3.95kg were found.

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