2024 RW1

2024 RW₁ previously known under its provisional designation CAQTDL2,^[1] is a 1-meter-sized asteroid or meteoroid that struck the Earth's atmosphere and burned up harmlessly on September 5, 2024, at around 12:40 a.m. Philippine Standard Time (September 4, 16:40 UTC) above the western Pacific Ocean near Luzon, Philippines.^[1]^[2] 2024 RW1 is the ninth impact event that was successfully predicted,^[3] which was discovered by Jacqueline Fazekas at NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey.^[4] Visualization of the fireball from the Earth's surface was hampered by Typhoon Yagi.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Sparkes, Matthew; Dinneen, James. "A small asteroid hit Earth and burned up over the Philippines". New Scientist. Archived from the original on September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024. A newly spotted asteroid named 2024 RW1 burned up in the atmosphere over the South Pacific, creating a spectacular bright flash in the sky over the Philippines just hours after first being detected
^ Reich, Aaron (September 4, 2024). "Asteroid the size of two house cats to hit Earth over the Philippines". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on September 5, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024 – via MSN.
^ Kooser, Amanda (4 September 2024). "Rare Asteroid Spotted Hours Before Impacting Earth's Atmosphere". Forbes. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b Tingley, Brett (September 4, 2024). "Tiny asteroid will hit Earth today, burn up over Philippines. 'Discovered this morning,' ESA says". Space.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.

External links

Fireball observation 4885-2024 — list of eyewitness accounts of the fireball collected by the International Meteor Organization

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[sparkes-1] Sparkes, Matthew; Dinneen, James. "A small asteroid hit Earth and burned up over the Philippines". New Scientist. Archived from the original on September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024. A newly spotted asteroid named 2024 RW1 burned up in the atmosphere over the South Pacific, creating a spectacular bright flash in the sky over the Philippines just hours after first being detected

[2] Reich, Aaron (September 4, 2024). "Asteroid the size of two house cats to hit Earth over the Philippines". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on September 5, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024 – via MSN.

[3] Kooser, Amanda (4 September 2024). "Rare Asteroid Spotted Hours Before Impacting Earth's Atmosphere". Forbes. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.

[Tingley-4] Tingley, Brett (September 4, 2024). "Tiny asteroid will hit Earth today, burn up over Philippines. 'Discovered this morning,' ESA says". Space.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.

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