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CAQTDL2 / 2024 RW1 fireball north of the Philippines

Started by Rick, Sep 05, 2024, 01:08:48

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Rick

An object coded CAQTDL2 / 2024 RW1 discovered by the Mt Lemmon Survey G96 observatory, with a diameter of less than 3 meters, entered the Earth's atmosphere around 1640 UT on 4th September just north of the Philippines. Some folks managed to get handheld video of the fireball:

https://twitter.com/raymongdullana/status/1831378111453392958
https://twitter.com/raymongdullana/status/1831374506851758406

Rick

As expected, small asteroid 2024 RW1, discovered on September 4th, 2024 morning, entered the atmosphere at 20.8 km/s above Northern Philippines islands the same day, at 16h 39min UT.
Some witnesses reported their observations, sometimes illustrated with pictures and videos...

More: https://www.imo.net/2024-rw1-atmospheric-entry-in-pictures-videos/