The Sky is Falling

October 07, 2008

If anyone tries to tell you today that the sky is falling, you might just want to check it out -- and I don't mean looking to see what the stock market is doing. I refer to a naturally occurring event which for the first time has been predicted -- a meteor strike.

The tiny asteroid blasted through the atmosphere over Sudan early today, creating a spectacular fireball as it descended.

Despite packing a punch of 1,000 tons of TNT, the rock from space did no harm.

It was the first time scientists were able to make a prediction of an incoming object that would enter Earth's atmosphere. There's lots of room for improvement, however: The forecast was made one day in advance.

Here's a report from Thaindian News

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) It was a spectacular show in the sky early Tuesday morning, when a small asteroid entered the earth’s atmosphere releasing a huge amount of light and energy before exploding.The asteroid, 2008 TC3, entered the earth’s atmosphere at 2.46 a.m. (GMT) in Sudan (Africa). The asteroid was also visible in Europe but not in Asia.

“Measuring only a few meters across, the space rock created a spectacular fireball, releasing huge energy as it disintegrated and exploded in the atmosphere,” Director of Nehru Planetarium N. Rathnashree told IANS.

The celestial activity holds significance for space scientists as for the first time they were able to predict in advance that asteroid of such small size will hit the earth surface Tuesday morning, Rathnashree said.

Turning down apprehensions of small asteroids causing an impact on people and property, Rathnashree said: “There is nothing to be panicky as after explosion in the atmosphere only small pieces reach the ground as meteorites”.

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