{"id":133422,"date":"2024-12-05T02:34:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T19:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133422"},"modified":"2024-12-05T02:34:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T19:34:52","slug":"astronomers-track-tiny-asteroids-fireball-entry-over-russia-down-to-the-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133422","title":{"rendered":"Astronomers track tiny asteroid\u2019s fireball entry over Russia down to the minute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">FILE: CCTV footage from the city of Cadiz in southwestern Spain shows a fireball shooting across the sky on May 19, 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/astronomy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Astronomers<\/a> predicted when and where a tiny asteroid would create a fireball in the sky over remote Russia roughly 12 hours after its discovery.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">On Tuesday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2024\/12\/Close_approach_of_asteroid_2020_XR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European<\/a> Space Agency and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a> said a small asteroid estimated to be about 2.5 feet in diameter was spotted on a collision course with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earth<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;The impact will be harmless, likely producing a nice fireball in the sky over northern Siberia around seven hours from now,&#8221; the ESA said on X.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/stadium-sized-asteroid-2020-xr-zoom-earth-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOW TO WATCH A STADIUM-SIZED ASTEROID ZOOM BY EARTH THIS WEEK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">NASA\u2019s Planetary Defense Coordination Office predicted the impact down to the minute, saying the asteroid would impact Earth at 11:14 a.m. EST on Tuesday. The impact was observed just one minute later than the predicted entry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/288\/162\/fireball.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/576\/324\/fireball.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/720\/405\/fireball.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1440\/810\/fireball.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/668\/376\/fireball.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1336\/752\/fireball.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/668\/376\/fireball.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"An asteroid lights up the sky in Lensk, Sakha Republic, Russia, December 4, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video. Sakha Republic Ministry Of Internal Affairs\/via REUTERS\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">An asteroid lights up the sky in Lensk, Sakha Republic, Russia, December 4, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video. Sakha Republic Ministry Of Internal Affairs\/via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Reuters)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The office also predicted the location would be over eastern Russia\u2019s Olyukminky District.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/falling-asteroid-lights-up-sky-russias-remote-yakutia-2024-12-03\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters reports<\/a> emergency officials in the remote area of Yakutia were told about the asteroid\u2019s approach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Residents of Olekminsk and Lensk districts were able to observe in the night a tail similar to a comet and a flash,&#8221; the emergency ministry said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Social media users posted photos and videos of the bright fireball streaking through the night sky.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">NASA said the asteroid was first detected by the University of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona<\/a>\u2019s Bok telescope roughly 12 hours before its arrival.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The impact prediction was yet another success by the Scout system from NASA\u2019s Center for Near Earth Object Studies and the 11th asteroid impact forecast ahead of time this year.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Thanks to observations from astronomers around the world, our alert system was able to predict this impact to within +\/- 10 seconds,&#8221; ESA said on X.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The asteroid has been given the temporary name of COWEPC5.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/asteroid-entry-fireball-russia\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE: CCTV footage from the city of Cadiz in southwestern Spain shows a fireball shooting across the sky on May 19, 2024.\u00a0 Astronomers predicted when and where a tiny asteroid &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133422\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9472],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weather","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}