On March 11, a 3 m wide asteroid may have entered the atmosphere and reached the surface near Iceland, writes IFL Science. A feature of the object was found 2 hours before arrival.
It is not yet clear whether the asteroid actually reached the surface or has already exploded in the atmosphere, but according to local news, a large fireball has been observed from Iceland anyway. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Near-Earth Object Research Center has begun collecting potential images.
The celestial body is Hungarian Christian Sarneki I found someone who was aware of a bright and fast moving object in the night sky. Named Sar2593, the asteroid was initially thought to be less than 1 percent likely, but subsequent data have already shown a 100 percent chance. That’s when astronomers around the world began to study asteroids.
The asteroid was able to reach Earth on March 11 between 10:21 and 10:25 a.m. Hungarian time. There is currently no clear evidence of a landing, but there are indications of an impact. For example, Icelandic and Greenland equipment can capture 2-3 kilotons of collision marks, indicating that the object is 3-4 meters in diameter.
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