A small asteroid hit Earth's atmosphere yesterday.

Arab Weather - The US space agency "NASA" announced that a small asteroid penetrated the Earth's atmosphere without causing any damage. Astronomers spotted the asteroid, which is about one meter wide, in Arizona on Wednesday evening, and reported that it crashed over the coast of the Philippines hours after its discovery.

What did NASA say about the asteroid?

The asteroid, named RW12024 , is the ninth of its kind to be spotted before crashing into Earth. Asteroids of this size pass Earth at a rate of about once every two weeks without posing any danger.

The asteroid was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey, operated by the University of Arizona and funded by NASA.

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NASA and @ESA 's near-Earth object study teams predict that a very small (~1 meter) #asteroid will harmlessly impact Earth's atmosphere in a few hours at ~12:40pm EDT (~16:40 UTC) and create a fireball off the east coast of the northern Philippines. pic.twitter.com/EbmSvinQpB

— NASA (@NASA) September 4, 2024

Footage shows the CAQTDL2 meteorite, which was spotted this morning, entering a collision course with Earth.
It burned up in the atmosphere https://t.co/MkT9BJCmFf pic.twitter.com/7WP3V5t0S5

— Astronomer Mulham Hindi (@MulhamH) September 4, 2024

Sources:

NASA