Hi All, Catalina Sky Survey has done it again -- discovery of an impacting NEO, this time just 8 1/2 hours prior to impact. CSS discovered the NEO at 8:14 UT today (1:14 am MST), and a bright vapor trail was seen to the north of observer Dhiraj S in Botswana (24° 37' 21'' S, 25° 54' 57'' E) at 16:44 UT, consistent with both the time and location of the asteroid's predicted trajectory:
http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/report/142364 Bill Gray's time/location plot for predicted impact: https://projectpluto.com/temp/z.png Yellow cross-hairs are the observer's location. Asteroid size pretty similar to that of impactor 2008 TC3 that ultimately resulted in meteorites recovered from Almahata Sitta in northern Sudan. Unfortunately, due to the short time between discovery and impact, very few observations (12?) made of the impacting body (temporary designation ZLAF9B2) on this occasion. Compare that with almost 800 observations of 2008 TC3. --Rob ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
