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The impact and recovery of asteroid 2008 TC3
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SYSNO ASEP 0335586 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title The impact and recovery of asteroid 2008 TC3 Author(s) Jenniskens, P. (US)
Shaddad, M.H. (SD)
Numan, D. (SD)
Elsi, S. (SD)
Kudola, A.M. (SD)
Zolensky, M.E. (US)
Le, L. (US)
Pravec, Petr (ASU-R) RID, ORCID
Borovička, Jiří (ASU-R) RID, ORCID
Charvát, Z. (CZ)Number of authors 35 Source Title Nature. - : Palgrave Macmillan - ISSN 0028-0836
Roč. 458, č. 7237 (2009), s. 485-488Number of pages 4 s. Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords asteroid ; meteor ; meteorite Subject RIV BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics CEZ AV0Z10030501 - ASU-R (2005-2011) UT WOS 000264532400039 DOI 10.1038/nature07920 Annotation 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. Workplace Astronomical Institute Contact Radka Svašková, bibl@asu.cas.cz, Tel.: 323 620 326 Year of Publishing 2010
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