NASA Detects Asteroid That Hit Earth’s Atmosphere TODAY

NASA announced earlier that an asteroid had hit the Earth’s atmosphere today.

The asteroid named COWECP5 arrived over Eastern Russia earlier in the afternoon.

NASA assured the public that the asteroid. to civilians and shared that theposed no threat burned up in the earth’s atmosphere.

The asteroid was measured at 27 inches in diameter.

Take a look:

Asteroid #C0WEPC5 in Olekminsk, Russia pic.twitter.com/iOnUvRf6bI

— Kirill Bakanov (@WeatherSarov1) December 3, 2024

Only those active on @X know: it’s not an asteroid—it’s an alien spaceship. pic.twitter.com/kFdGD5EykB

— Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddeketal) December 3, 2024

Per GBN:

A newly-discovered asteroid is set to enter Earth’s atmosphere in just hours, Nasa has said.

The space rock, named COWECP5, was spotted by the space agency’s detection systems and will arrive over eastern Russia later today.

But astronomers have assured the public it poses no threat – and have confirmed the small asteroid, measuring just 27ins in diameter, will safely burn up in Earth’s atmosphere.

The event marks only the 12th time astronomers have successfully identified an asteroid before it struck Earth, and is the fourth such incident this year.

Video of the 70cm asteroid that entered earths atmosphere over northern Siberia today ☄️ pic.twitter.com/YABlrPRtaO

— Volcaholic 🌋 (@volcaholic1) December 3, 2024

Per Boing Boing:

A 70-centimeter (27-inch) asteroid lit up the sky over Yakutia, Russia a few minutes ago as it burned up in the atmosphere. Here’s a video.

Alan Fitzsimmons, a professor who specializes in asteroid and cometary science at Queen’s University in Belfast, spoke to New Scientist shortly before the asteroid arrived. “It’s a small one, but it will still be quite spectacular,” said Fitzsimmons. “It will be dark over the impact site, and for several hundreds of kilometers around there’ll be a very impressive, very bright fireball in the sky.”

Astronomers at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona detected the incoming asteroid just hours before it was due to enter Earth’s atmosphere