Small asteroid hit Earth above Germany overnight

EaerhSky ^ | Jan 20, 2024 | Kelly Kizer Whitt

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Small asteroid hits Earth on January 21, 2024

In the late-night hours of January 21, 2024 – 90 minutes before impact over European skies – NASA said a small asteroid would hit Earth’s atmosphere. And hit it did. The space rock struck on schedule above an area west of Berlin, Germany. The asteroid was only about 1 meter (3 feet) in diameter. It posed no danger to people on the ground. Yet it’s possible the asteroid might have spread small meteorites over the landscape.

[UCANSEE2]

Rocks in outer space smaller than planets or moons are asteroids.

An asteroid on an orbit taking it near enough to the Sun so that it ignites and leaves a streaming trail is a comet. Comets are normally much larger than asteroids and seem to have a different point of origin than asteroids.

Rocks that hit Earth’s atmosphere and burn up producing a long tail are meteors.

What doesn’t burn up and makes it to the surface of Earth is a meteorite.

[SuperLuminal]

Chicken Little had it correct, this time...,

[SuperLuminal]

There you go, getting our hopes up...😎

[alexander_busek]

A Heavenly sign, perhaps?

Let's all tidy up our speech, cleansing it of all antiquated idioms and froward expressions, and hope for the best!

Regards,

[Berlin_Freeper]

You have fun with that.

[George J. Jetso]

I bet it was aiming for Greta.

[katana]

I’m not certain what the size requirement is for naming a celestial object an “asteroid”, but am pretty sure one meter in diameter should be well below the mark. “Meteor” just doesn’t cut it in the press room, I guess.

[telescope115]

I remember when the term “meteoroid” used to be used.

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https://www.britannica.com › story › whats-the-difference-between-a-meteoroid-a-meteor-and-a-meteorite
What’s the Difference Between a Meteoroid, a Meteor, and a Meteorite ...
Learn the difference between a meteoroid, a meteor, and a meteorite, three terms that describe the stages of a small body entering Earth’s atmosphere. A meteoroid is a small piece of comet or asteroid that survives the fiery journey and hits the ground as a meteorite

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Tomato, tomahto….

[antidemoncrat]

Was it identified as an asteroid because it had an “A” painted on it versus a meteor which has a “M” painted on it?

[Eagles6]

So sorry!😬

[Right Brother]

>>>> They stated it hit Earth (which includes the atmosphere) <<<

C'mon. 99% people would consider "hitting" the earth as touching the ground, not just entering the atmospere.

[desertsolitaire]

Denmark, I think.
We visited family there a few years ago.
Did a day trip South to Germany; Flensbourg, across the Southern border. A port town on the ocean. Great shopping and lunch.

[Chode]

Small asteroid hit Earth above Germany overnight —

lol, if it HIT earth, it hit Germany... from above 8^)

[PIF]

Before it was reclassified as a dwarf planet, Ceres was an asteroid 939 miles in diameter

[left that other site]

One metor across? What makes that an asteroid rather than just a run-of-the-mill meteorite?

This is not a sarcastic question. I really would like to know how they arrived at that conclusion.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Exactly. I was wondering why they used “asteroid” instead of “meteor” in this article.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Redcitizen]

It missed Davos by a few days and miles.

[joethedrummer]

“…Great shopping and lunch.“

…shopping, lunch.. and asteroids!

[Delta 21]

So as far as NASA is concerned we all have about an hour and a half.

All that tax money since the 50’s and this is what they do for us? They cant even recycle/reuse a orbital rocket booster yet without sub contracting Elon.