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Joel Kontinen
For only the
eighth time in history, scientists detected an asteroid before it made its
fiery appearance over Earth. The tiny fireball exploded near Berlin early on
Jan. 21.
It was the he
morning of January 21, “a tiny asteroid came hurtling through the sky and
smashed into Earth's atmosphere near Berlin.”
Such sightings
typically occur a few times a year, but this one is special. It was detected only 3 hours before its impact.
“The asteroid,
dubbed 2024 BXI, was first discovered by asteroid hunter Krisztián
Sárneczky, an astronomer at the Piszkéstető Mountain Station, part of Konkoly
Observatory in Hungary. “
Source:
Kiley
Price 2024.
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