Meteorites & Asteroids

In 2008 A NASA/SETI Away Team Found A Freshly Fallen Piece Of Asteroid 2008TC#

By Keith Cowing

Status Report

NASA

July 16, 2024

Filed under 2008TC#, Away Team, Impact event, meteorite, Northern Sudan

In 2008 A NASA/SETI Away Team Found A Freshly Fallen Piece Of Asteroid 2008TC# — Photo Credit: NASA/SETI/P. Jenniskens larger image

An SUV-sized Asteroid 2008TC# Impacted on October 7, 2008 in the Nubian Desert, Northern Sudan: Dr. Peter Jenniskens, NASA/SETI joined Muawia Shaddas of the University of Khartoum in leading an expedition on a search for samples. (meteorite 3rd-bigone)

Astrobiology

Keith Cowing

Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) 🖖🏻

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