not the end of the world

[gsh]

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.

Comments

[reedrover]

me: "Oh cool! We're going to get hit by a meteor tonight!"
BossMan: "That's nice." he looked back at co-worker's spreadsheets "...so when you project past November..." suddenly looked up at me "What?!"

[gsh]

*ROFL*

[petrona.livejournal.com]

So will it dissapate/blowup before it can hit the ground?

[gsh]

Almost certainly.

[petrona.livejournal.com]

Kinda anticlimatic. No boom. :-(

[gsh]

There might be a sonic boom, but not around here.