2008TC3-breakup-Robbertson (IMAGE)

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2008TC3-breakup-Robbertson

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A computer simulation of the melting and final breakup of asteroid 2008 TC3 as it entered Earth's atmosphere

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D. Robertson, NASA Ames Research Center

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