Small asteroid hit Earth{'s atmosphere} above Germany Sunday morning (earthsky.org)

Posted by
Kelly Kizer Whitt
January 20, 2024

Small asteroid hits Earth on January 21, 2024

In the late-night hours of January 21, 2024 – 90 minutes before impact over European skies – NASA said a small asteroid would hit Earth’s atmosphere. And hit it did. The space rock struck on schedule above an area west of Berlin, Germany. The asteroid was only about 1 meter (3 feet) in diameter. It posed no danger to people on the ground. Yet it’s possible the asteroid might have spread small meteorites over the landscape.

Soon after, footage of the fireball in the skies over Germany started coming in on social media.

Asteroid hunter Krisztián Sárneczky of Budapest, Hungary, discovered the asteroid only shortly before impact. Sárneczky has become famous for last-minute discoveries such as this one, including the discoveries of an asteroid that fell over France in 2023 and another that hit over the Arctic Ocean in 2022. This is only the 8th asteroid detected before impact.
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more, including multiple videos: https://earthsky.org/space/small-asteroid-to-hit-earth-no-danger-meteorites-january-21-2024/?mc_cid=387711c3bd