Comments on: First Images of Asteroid 2008 TC3 Impact Aftermath

By: Luis

Luis — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:25:16 +0000

OMG i saw this one when i was going to work. Was going to film it but was soo stunt by the way it was falling pretty cool fireball like thing.

By: Roberta Goodwin

Roberta Goodwin — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:38:16 +0000

If they could see them coming now then why weren't we notified about the one that fell here just outside of Lloydminster, AB/SK Canada in November of this year 2008.

By: Dave Mullins

Dave Mullins — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:02:34 +0000

Mike Johnson, You may be looking at a downward curving path from one end. The far end is where it entered the atmosphere and started burning and leaving a trail. The near end is near the camera, where it burnt out. This curve ends low, arcs up to above the center line of sight, and appear to arc back down to the entry point. Since you are looking at it endwise, the wind blown distortions appear much larger than the total length of the original arc. They appear to cross and overlap, also, but they probably don't.

By: Paul Eaton-Jones

Paul Eaton-Jones — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:41:56 +0000

You think the disagreement between people here is fractious you should check out the thread about the geo-magnetic reversal/Mayan calendar form 4th October. That IS getting weird. I'm locked in a struggle with someone who claims to come from M113, no matter how much I tell them Messiers Catalogue only went to 110 they insist it's there, and his two 'associates' who bang on about alien science and ancient, 'unknown' science built the pyramids etc tec. Oh yes and there are a couple of hippies spouting love and peace and how we should be open to the possibility that science is actually bogus. Come on over and lend me a hand in pushing back the forces or darkness and blind ignorance. PLEASE!!

By: Billy

Billy — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:03:21 +0000

How can we refer to an object three meters wide as an asteroid?

By: marcellus

marcellus — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:13:43 +0000

Thank you, Mr. Jackson.

By: Mike Jackson

Mike Jackson — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:32:42 +0000

George Jarrett,

I'm very sympathetic to the idea that Universe Today would be better off if commenters just stuck to the subject and left out their pet bigotries. But Marcellus didn't even come close to crossing a line. He wasn't snarky, he just pointed a fact that I had also taken notice of. And he certainly said nothing about race.

Your "please, dont use this blog for your racist and inhuman thoughts" (!!!) admonition is way out of line and WAY over the top.

By: george jarrett

george jarrett — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:18:58 +0000

Marcellus, I know this blog is not intended for our personal thoughts on other humans of this planet, but I'd like to say: all citizens of Sudan are not poor, all are not involved in the silly war going on there. please, dont use this blog for your racist and inhuman thoughts. Some may have as much finances as you or me. You seem to know only what you read from the media,,, and when it comes to African nation, that is not much.

By: george jarrett

george jarrett — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:13:07 +0000

you guys/gals who are leaving your weak responses here, eg: "doesn't look like much to me."
are missing the point. The photo was not taking to convince you of visible evidence of the object, it was taking to convince you that something DID hit Earth and that we now may have the capability of spotting it before it strikes and maybe prevent earthly casualties.
Get with the program, thank you!

By: Tony Jifkins

Tony Jifkins — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:40:19 +0000

I was in Aswan, in Egypt 2 weeks after this event and all the people in the tour group I was with witnessed 2 fireballs in the sky. Could it be possible that parts of the asteroid were still spinning around the earth 2 weeks after it exploded?

By: Mike Johnson

Mike Johnson — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:06:42 +0000

It's hard to picture how an object entering the atmosphere at hyper velocity could result in such a wildly meandering trail. If the winds aloft are so strong and varied in direction-enough to twist a straight trail into THAT- then wouldn't it break it up into just wisps?

By: marcellus

marcellus — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:07:14 +0000

This article is really a telling comment on the status of astronomy in the Sudan. If this would have happened over North America, The internet would have been flooded with images.

And in a country with REALLY dark skies, too.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:56:12 +0000

With the world now so camera ready, it is wonderful to see things captured and shared that would have been lost. Thanks to you all that photo the skies and share it's sights

By: Odisea Cosmica Blog

Odisea Cosmica Blog — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:14:28 +0000

Nice, you wake up in the morning and see that through the window wao!!!

I guess this may be a rocky asteroid because it exploded after arriving ground

By: marcellus

marcellus — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:06:44 +0000

Good point, Mars Man. To me it looks like the person that took the picture whatched the meteor come in, then waited a few minutes to take this picture. In the meantime, the upper level winds took care of the trail to where it became nearly unrecognizable.

Whoever took it must have been rich to even have a camera in the Sudan.

By: Mars Man

Mars Man — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:07:35 +0000

I think it depends on which part of Sudan it fell on if anybody is interested or able to search for the resulting debris. Alot more important things to worry about over there, like finding food, water, and not getting shot by roving bandits….

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:32:53 +0000

Kind of like the leftovers of a shuttle launch….but the shuttle was going up not down!

Click my name to see my photo from the STS-117 launch.

Tom

By: Mr. Obvious

Mr. Obvious — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:56:25 +0000

What is it like, to look at this picture and not be able to take in all the variables? If you don't get it… you don't get it. Can't teach brilliance.

By: marcellus

marcellus — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:22:22 +0000

It doesn't look like much to me.

By: RetardedFishFrog

RetardedFishFrog — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:51:52 +0000

Attention readers of UT in Sudan. Meteorites are worth money! Find all you can!

By: Alonzo

Alonzo — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:38:16 +0000

Doesn't look any different than when the military tests missles in New Mexico