First NEO object to be spotted and tracked to Earth exploded near the Nile in the Sudan.

Asteroid 2008 TC3 Reaching Earth

Submitted by tricaric on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 22:58.

We have prepared a short animation, showing the Earth as viewed by the asteroid 2008 TC3. The asteroid is reaching Earth from the night side, and enters the Earth's shadow cone around 1:50 UTC.