The asteroid, dubbed Sar2667, was first detected on the evening of Feb. 12 by astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky in Hungary. Here's more.
Just before 3 a.m. UT, a "very bright ending flash of the meteor" was detected, confirming that the small asteroid, now called 2023 CX1, had entered Earth's atmosphere, the"Just saw it and it was magnificent," one person tweeted along with a video of the asteroid falling above the English Channel facing France. "Came down vertically on time. 2:59. Green like a bright emerald then bright orange really quickly. Absolutely phenomenal view...
This marks just the seventh time an asteroid has been detected before it hit the planet. And the most recent event came almost exactly 10 years after a meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Feb. 15, 2013, setting off a
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