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Asteroid disintegrates over the Philippines in spectacular fireball display

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A small asteroid, known as 2024 RW1, was spotted before impact and broke apart over the Philippines. The European Space Agency described the asteroid as "harmless" and stated that its impact could produce a "fireball" visible from the east coast of the Philippines. This asteroid is notable as it is only the ninth to have been spotted before impact.

  1. GB
    Alan Fitzsimmons
    Queen's University Belfast
    1. Don't be fooled by Hollywood movies where you can see the thing coming screaming through the sky and you've got time to run out the house, get the cat, jump in the car and drive somewhere. You don't have the time to do that.

sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.CTV News
  3. 3.BBC
  4. 4.Associated Press
  5. 5.New Scientist

perspectives

  1. 1.Astronomy
  2. 2.Asteroids

countries

  1. 1.PhilippinesPH

organizations

  1. 1.European Space Agency
  2. 2.National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationUS
  3. 3.Catalina Sky Survey
  4. 4.University of Arizona
  5. 5.Asteroid Watch
  6. 6.Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  7. 7.IMO Meteor Org
  8. 8.Planetary Defense Coordination Office
  9. 9.Queen's University Belfast
  10. 10.Science and Educational Media Group

persons

  1. 1.Alan FitzsimmonsGB

technicals

  1. 1.Solar System
  2. 2.Pacific Ocean
Asteroid disintegrates over the Philippines in spectacular fireball display