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The article offers information on asteroid named 2008 TC3 and its meteorological impact. It narrates that the asteroid was seen on October 6, 2008 by Richard Kowalski in Arizona and made impact in the Nubian desert of Northern Sudan in October 7, 2011. It states that research on the asteroid sheds new light on smelting processes recognizable in the ureilites. It relates that the asteroid impacted near-Earth object (NEO) searches and showed that small asteroids can be studied in greater detail before impact with sufficient warning time. It also mentions that the meteorite affected future meteorite discoveries and showed that a recovered asteroid fragment may not represent all the materials in an impacting asteroid.

The article offers information on various craters which were effected by the occurrences of meteorites. It states that the meteor crater in Arizona, which at 50,000 years old is nicely preserved in the desert climate, was one of the earliest craters to have its impact origin recognized. Another crater is the 10-kilometer-wide Bosumtwi which contains Ghana's only natural lake. Other craters which were identified on the planet Mars are also mentioned. Photographs of these craters of varying dimensions were also supplied.