simulation of the melting and final breakup of asteroid 2008 TC3 When a small asteroid enters Earth’s atmosphere from space, its surface is brutally heated, causing melting and fragmenting. Therefore, ...
Fortunately, it wasn’t large enough to require intervention by Bruce Willis, but asteroid 2008 TC3 is the first space rock to have been spotted before it crashed to Earth. It streaked into the skies ...
Image of Impact of asteroid 2008 TC3 over Northern Sudan, observed by EUMETSAT’s rapid-scanning service. Meteosat-8 IR3.9 – 07/10/08 02:45 UTC. Image of Impact of asteroid 2008 TC3 over Northern Sudan ...