04 Dec 2024 · Science
An asteroid on a “collision course” with Earth burned over northeastern Russia. The “stunning ball of fire” presented an notable light show to the residents. Watch the video!
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A small asteroid touched down with Earth before lighting up over northeastern Russia on Tuesday night, providing a natural light show, authorities reported.
The space rock, less than 70 centimeters wide, and nickname C0WEPC5which saw “on a collision course” with Earth, according to the European Space agency (ESA), on Tuesday, which predicted that the impact would be “harmless”.
It was reported, according to agency data, that residents of the Russian Republic of Yakutia saw the “beautiful fireball in the sky over northern Siberia” at 5:15 pm CET (4:15 pm mainland Portugal).
Thanks to observations from astronomers around the world,our warning system was able to predict this impact with an accuracy of +/- 10 seconds.
NASA, in turn, classified the event as a “harmless fireball” and credited the University of Arizona’s Bok telescope with being the first to detect its approach.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the asteroid.
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