An asteroid measuring around 10 feet wide has burned up in the sky. The asteroid was spotted less than two hours before the impact, which was notable. Kriszti gets credit for the discovery, as the Hungarian astronomer spied the rock with a telescope. His first observation was at 7:24 p.m. The time is 3:20 p.m. On March 11, 2022. A total of four observations were made of the bright, fast- moving object before it was reported to the Minor Planet Center. The object was named after it, because of its existence. The center's assessment systems had an impact probability of less than 1%, but Kriszti kept going, performing another 10 observations of the object. The new data produced a different result, one hour after the initial report, the Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre issued an alert. The inevitable impact would happen in less than an hour. 4:30 and 5:25 p.m. The object would enter the atmosphere a few hundred miles north of Iceland. The incoming asteroid was not seen as a threat because it was bright enough to see a rock no larger than 1 meter in diameter. There are roughly 10 asteroids of this size that reach our planet each year. A number of new observations were made, including viewings from an observatory in Kysuce, Slovakia. The new data resulted in a more precise prediction of where it would enter Earth, which was 87 miles south of Jan Mayen, an island located 1,190 miles northeast of Iceland. And at 21:22 UTC (9:22 p.m. Less than two hours after being discovered, it would strike Earth. No video or images were taken of the fireball, but it was definitely noticed by the detectors.
The energy release from the impact was thought to be equivalent to 2 to 3 kilotons. It was more than what was expected from a 3-foot-long object, and a sign that it was around 13 feet in diameter.
The released energy is 2 to 3 kilotons. The energy released by the atomic bomb over Hiroshima was one-fifth. It doesn't compare to the meteorite that fell over Chelyabinsk, Russia. It was 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 888-282-0465 and it released somewhere around the equivalent of over 500 kilotons of TNT.
The object was renamed as it was the fifth known asteroid to be observed in space before hitting our planet. This incident suggests that we are getting better at spotting objects the size of this one, as all five of these detections were made in the past 14 years.
There are more tools that can be used to warn against blasts that can shatter windows. NASA recently deployed an upgraded version of its impact monitoring system, and also launched the Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART), which will attempt to divert a tiny asteroid called Dimorphos. The Flyeye telescope will be built by the agency in Italy. The upcoming telescope will allow us to cover more sky at night and reduce the chance that we miss an interesting object.
We are getting there at one time.
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