Case file · Cosmic event
Asteroid 2008 TC3 over the Nubian Desert
On 7 October 2008 a small asteroid spotted only 19 hours earlier exploded over northern Sudan, the first impact ever predicted. Students from Khartoum later recovered about 600 fragments.
2008 CE · 20.75, 32.42 · status: official
The account
The meteorites, named Almahata Sitta ('Station Six') after a railway station, turned out to be a rare ureilite mix of many rock types. Train crews and villagers reported a brilliant flash before dawn.