Transcript of Asteroid Strike Hits Luzon Island in the Philippines – What We Know So Far

a roughly 1 M 3T asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere over the Philippines near Luzon Island early Wednesday afternoon according to NASA the European Space Agency estimated the impact occurred at 12:39 p.m. ET 439 p.m. UTC the Catalina Sky survey discovered the object initially called caut dl2 but now named t24 rw1 this morning asteroids around 1 meter in size are estimated to hit Earth about every 2 weeks according to the Space Agency though they are very rarely spotted before making impact with the planet this is just the ninth asteroid that humankind has ever spotted before impact Esa tweeted the object was harmless as it was small enough to burn up in the atmosphere upon entry skygazers in the area posted video on social media that captured a spectacular Fireball

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Asteroid Strike Hits Luzon Island in the Philippines – What We Know So Far

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