2008 TC3

Also known as 2008 TC(3), 2008 TC 3, 8TA9D69

small asteroid which entered Earth's atmosphere in October 2008

Key facts

Discovered by: Catalina Sky Survey
Discovery date: October 6, 2008, 06:39 UTC
Alternative designations: 8TA9D69 ( Catalina Sky Survey )
Minor planet category: NEO Apollo
Observation arc: 1 day (575 observations)
Aphelion: 1.71644 AU (256.776 Gm )
Perihelion: 0.899957 AU (134.6317 Gm)
Semi major axis: 1.308201 AU (195.7041 Gm)
Orbital period sidereal: 1.50 yr (546.53 d )
Mean anomaly: 330.7541 °
Mean motion: 0.6587071°/day
Inclination: 2.54220°
Longitude of ascending node: 194.101138°
Time of perihelion: 2008-Nov-20
Argument of perihelion: 234.44897°
Jupiter moid: 3.57975 AU (535.523 Gm)
Dimensions: 4.1 metres (13.5 ft)
Mass: 80,000 kilograms (180,000 lb)

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Wikidata facts

Orbital period: 546.5276864845741
Image: 2008 TC3 Tumbling (reduced).gif

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Commons category: 2008 TC3
time of discovery or invention: 2008-10-06
orbital eccentricity: 0.3120674404369712
mean anomaly: 330.7542989815072
argument of periapsis: 234.44892519
semi-major axis of an orbit: 1.308205067914859
longitude of ascending node: 194.1011435928938
orbital inclination: 2.542215283712214
provisional designation: 2008 TC3
periapsis: 0.8999568608039946
apoapsis: 1.716453275025723
absolute magnitude: 30.72
rotation period: 0.0269409
time of periapsis: 2454790.8988481034

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2008 TC3 was an 80-tonne (80-long-ton; 90-short-ton), 4.1-meter (13 ft) diameter asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere on October 7, 2008. It exploded at an estimated 37 kilometers (23 mi) above the Nubian Desert in Sudan. Some 600 meteorites, weighing a total of 10.5 kilograms (23.1 lb), were recovered;

many of these belonged to a rare type known as ureilites, which contain, among other minerals, nanodiamonds.