Tiny Asteroid To Hit Earth Over Siberia Today

In a matter of hours, a small asteroid will burn over the Siberian skies. This is only the 11th time that an asteroid has been predicted to hit our planet before it actually happened, but it shows that the system of planetary defense is working!

At around 4:15 pm UTC today, the asteroid will burn in the atmosphere. The object is tiny, about 70 centimeters (27.6 inches) in diameter. It's not the smallest known asteroid – a previously predicted impactor holds that record for now. It's still pretty small and a testament to the observatories that can spot these tiny rocks and the software developed to quickly work out where and when they are going to hit.

I’ve seen two bolides, what they call fireballs, but it’s very rare. They usually make the news if they’re seen in populated areas. One of those I saw during the day, but it was away from major cities and I don’t think anyone else was looking at the sky at the time, because there was nothing in the news about it.

Several languages have the adjectives in different order than English. UTC became the official abbreviation in 1967. Probably French.................

I’ve seen two bolides, what they call fireballs, but it’s very rare.

I have seen one...while I was walking up the lane from the barn - early sunset, orange sky. I was maybe 10-yrs. old.

It was incredible.

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“it shows that the system of planetary defense is working!”

I hope our military does not do “defense” like that—predict that stuff lands and then watch it land.

Lol.

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So... go visit the neighbors, in other words.

A girl I went to college with got a Yugo back in the mid-’80’s. Most lawn mowers are “feature-rich” by comparison. The thing had wheels, an engine, body, and seats. There was nothing extraneous on it.

It appears that it will (or already has) encounter earth’s ATMOSPHERE over Siberia. It will probably disintegrate and be carried far and wide by the upper atmospheric winds, although a sizeable chunk may impact the surface of the earth, and yes, somewhere in Siberia.

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