Small Asteroid to Light Up Sky Over Africa

Monday, October 6, 2008 - 17:14 in Astronomy & Space

An asteroid measuring several feet in diameter is expected to enter the atmosphere over northern Sudan before dawn Tuesday, setting off a potentially brilliant natural fireworks display.

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