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The impact and recovery of asteroid 2008 TC3
- 1.0335586 - ASÚ 2010 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Jenniskens, P. - Shaddad, M.H. - Numan, D. - Elsi, S. - Kudola, A.M. - Zolensky, M.E. - Le, L. - Pravec, Petr - Borovička, Jiří - Charvát, Z. … Total 35 authors
The impact and recovery of asteroid 2008 TC3.
Nature. Roč. 458, č. 7237 (2009), s. 485-488. ISSN 0028-0836. E-ISSN 1476-4687
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10030501
Keywords : asteroid * meteor * meteorite
Subject RIV: BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics
Impact factor: 34.480, year: 2009
On 6 October 2008, a small asteroid was discovered and designated 2008 TC3 . It subsequently hit the Earth. Because it exploded at 37km altitude, no macroscopic fragments were expected to survive. Here we report that a dedicated search along the approach trajectory recovered 47 meteorites, fragments of a single body named Almahata Sitta. Analysis of one of these meteorites shows it to be an anomalous ureilite. The combined asteroid and meteorite reflectance spectra identify the asteroid as F class.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0180010
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