08/10/07 15:49:00 SxHipfNT0
【地球ｵﾜﾀ＼(^o^)／】明朝、小惑星「2008 TC3」がアフリカ地域に激突
URLﾘﾝｸ(spaceweather.com)
予測が正確なら小惑星「2008 TC3」が明朝・世界時02時46分に地球と激突し、
スーダン上空で爆発する。（以下略）
ASTEROID IMPACT: If predictions were correct, asteroid 2008 TC3 hit Earth
this morning (Oct. 7th at 0246 UT), exploding in the atmosphere over northern
Sudan like a kiloton of TNT and creating a fireball as bright as a full Moon. Most
of the 3-meter-wide asteroid would have vaporized in the atmosphere with
only small pieces possibly reaching the ground as meteorites.
The following potentially confirming report comes from Jacob Kuiper, General
Aviation meteorologist at the National Weather Service in the Netherlands: "
Half an hour before the predicted impact of asteroid 2008 TC3, I informed an
official of Air-France-KLM at Amsterdam airport about the possibility that crews
of their airliners in the vicinity of impact would have a chance to see a fireball.
And it was a success! I have received confirmation that a KLM airliner, roughly
750 nautical miles southwest of the predicted atmospheric impact position, has
observed a short flash just before the expected impact time 0246 UTC. Because
of the distance it was not a very large phenomenon, but still a confirmation that
some bright meteor has been seen in the predicted direction. Projected on an i
nfrared satellite-image of Meteosat-7 of 0300 UTC, I have indicated the position
of the plane (+) and the predicted impact area in Sudan (0)."