not the end of the world

From the minor planet center,

The nominal orbit given above has 2008 TC3 coming to within one earth
radius around Oct. 7.1. The absolute magnitude indicates that the
object will not survive passage through the atmosphere.

Steve Chesley (JPL) reports that atmospheric entry will occur on 2008
Oct 07 0246 UTC over northern Sudan.

That's 1146 pm eastern time.

duh!

From www.wtop.com:

2 bitten by snake at Md. Renaissance Festival
October 6, 2008 - 4:32am
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - An Anne Arundel County Fire official says a couple was bitten by a snake at the Renaissance Festival.

It happened around 6 p.m. Sunday at the Crownsville Fairgrounds in the 1800 block of Crownsville Road near Annapolis.

Division Chief Michael Cox says a woman in her 20s picked up the wild snake and was taunting her boyfriend with it when both of them were bitten.

Cox says paramedics met the couple at the first aid station at the festival and took them to Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis with minor injuries. He did not know what kind of snake had bitten the couple.


Dumbasses! Don't bother the wildlife!