Skywatchers were treated to quite the spectacle when an asteroid burned up over the English Channel early Monday morning.
A falling asteroid over the English Channel gave skywatchers quite the show in the early morning hours of Monday, February 13. The asteroid hit Earth’s atmosphere, falling from the sky at roughly 4 a.m. Central European Time. Many videos and images of the asteroid have surfaced on social media, showing off the bright ball of fire as it burned up in our planet’s atmosphere.
Skywatchers were warned about the asteroid burning up over the English Channel after it was detected by the European Space Agency and NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. The asteroid was estimated to be around one meter in diameter. Additionally, this was only the seventh time that an asteroid strike had been forecast ahead of time.
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