A “harmless” fireball from a disintegrating meteorite lit up the night sky in Germany early Sunday morning before crashing to Earth.
Asteroid 2024 BX1, tentatively named Sar2736, touched down outside Berlin near Nennhausen around 1:30 a.m., astronomers and observers said.
It was discovered by Hungarian astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky just hours before the impact, according to The International Astronomical Union.
NASA confirmed the incident at X about 20 minutes before impact.
“Attention: A small asteroid will disintegrate as a harmless fireball west of Berlin near Nennhausen shortly at 1:32 am CET. Watchers will see it if it’s clear!,” wrote the space agency.
In fact, viewers can see space rocks falling from the sky and use social media to post amazing footage from various points of view.
The incident marks only the eighth time an asteroid has been found before hitting Earth, and the third time Sárneczky has made the discovery.
The professional asteroid hunter also found a space rock that stuck north of Iceland in 2022 and that exploded over the English Channel during last year’s Super Bowl.
NASA has a team that monitors large asteroids that could pose a threat to Earth.
This footage is the eighth time an asteroid has been captured before hitting Earth. michaelaye/X
The asteroid was discovered hours before impact by professional asteroid hunter Krisztián Sárneczky. iplivecams
The next dangerous collision may occur in 2182, when there is a 1 in 2,700 chance that a small near-Earth asteroid called Bennu could penetrate the atmosphere.
The space agency in 2022 successfully rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid at 15,000 miles per hour in a doomsday scenario test to prepare to deflect an asteroid hurtling towards the planet.
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