The asteroid fell in Yakutia (Russian Federation), in the city of Lensk, at 19:14 Moscow time. This event was predictable, since scientists noticed the celestial body in advance and estimated its size at 70 centimeters.
Russian media report this.
The neighbors captured the fall of the celestial body, which was accompanied by bright flashes. Russian scientists called this asteroid “potentially dangerous.”
As previously reported, an asteroid exploded over Niagara Falls, becoming the smallest of all known objects discovered before entering Earth’s atmosphere. This space object, called 2022 WJ1, measured between 40 and 60 cm, about the size of an average cat.
The study, published in The Planetary Science Journal and presented to Live Science, details its behavior and the effects of the explosion.
Previously, “Cursor” wrote that on September 4, a meteorite moving at a speed of 39,000 miles per hour (approximately 62,764 km/h) entered the Earth’s atmosphere, exploded and fell in the Philippines. The meteorite, called 2024 RW1, was discovered just eight hours before entering the Earth’s atmosphere.
This was the ninth time a celestial body was discovered before it collided with a planet.
In addition, Cursor has already reported that the giant asteroid 2020 The asteroid belongs to the Apollo class, whose orbits intersect with the Earth’s orbit.
It was discovered on December 4, 2020 using the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii.
