The asteroid, which was about 1 meter in diameter before impact, likely began disintegrating about 50 kilometers west of Berlin and may have dropped several meteorites to the ground.
A near-Earth asteroid explodes near Berlin. The video was published on Twitter.
Scientists have discovered an asteroid flying over the capital of Germany even before it exploded on the Earth’s surface.
It was called 2024 BXI. The asteroid was first discovered by Hungarian astronomer Christian Sarnecki. He identified the space rock using the 60 cm Schmidt telescope.
In the city of Leipzig in northern Germany, a CCTV camera recorded this bright meteor.
Here’s the full video of the asteroid #Sar2736a ~1 m object damaged about 50 m west of #Belin, #Germany, and probably dropped some meteorites on the ground. Video credit: https://t.co/72o6ZzPNz8 pic.twitter.com/PA73dkqid1
— Denis Vida (@meteordoc) January 21, 2024
We remind you that it was previously reported that five potentially dangerous asteroids are approaching the Earth.
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Source: korrespondent
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