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Today in History: Predicted Asteroid TC3 Explodes Over Sudan Desert
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- On 7 October 2008, astronomers successfully predicted the entry of asteroid 2008 TC3, an 80-tonne, 4.1-m rock that detonated 37 km above Sudan’s arid Nubian Desert. The blast scattered about 600 meteorites, totaling 10.5 kg, many rare ureilites containing nanodiamonds. Scientists later recovered the fragments, confirming their composition.