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The meteor was also referred to as the "Buzzard Coulee fireball", named after the area where searchers found the first fragments. [9] Buzzard Coulee is located approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the Battle River valley. The first pieces of the rock were found by Ellen Milley, a University of Calgary Master's student on November 27, 2008.
In recent years, peak activity had been less than three meteors per hour, around November 9 [8] to 14. [2] Andromedid activity of November comes from the newest streams, while that of early December comes from the oldest. [2] Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR) data detected a spike of 30 meteors per hour on November 27, 2008. [7]
An animation of 2008 TC3's excited rotation prior to entering the atmosphere. The asteroid was discovered by Richard A. Kowalski at the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) 1.5-meter telescope at Mount Lemmon, north of Tucson, Arizona, US, on October 6, 06:39 UTC, 19 hours before the impact.
November's meteor showers will bring more opportunities. A trio of meteor showers will grace the night sky throughout November, but the best astronomical event of the month will be saved for last ...
The total solar eclipse has come and gone, but sky-gazers have reason to keep looking up — a meteor shower will peak this week right before a full moon rises. The bright orb may steal some of ...
This is a list of asteroids that have impacted Earth after discovery and orbit calculation that predicted the impact in advance. As of December 2024, all of the asteroids with predicted impacts were under 5 m (16 ft) in size that were discovered just hours before impact, and burned up in the atmosphere as meteors.
The North Taurids peak will be the earlier of the two meteor showers, happening on Nov. 12. ... noticed happens with the meteor shower every seven years. Both 2008 and 2015 produced quality ...
The Geminids are a prolific meteor shower with 3200 Phaethon (which is thought to be an Apollo asteroid [4] with a "rock comet" orbit. [5]) being the parent body. [6]Because of this, it would make this shower, along with the Quadrantids, the only major meteor showers not originating from a comet.