| Added | Wed, 13/06/2018 |
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| Дата публикации | Sun, 10/06/2018
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A small asteroid crashed into the Earth's atmosphere on Saturday, June 2, turning into a flaming fireball. Spectacular event captured on video.
Scientists have discovered an asteroid called 2018 LA early Saturday morning. It soon became clear that the object is heading to Earth. The asteroid crashed into the Earth's atmosphere over the South African country Botswana and began falling down 61155 km/h or 17 km/s.
The first asteroid was noticed by the astronomers of Kalinskogo sky survey in Tucson, Arizona. The space boulder was very dim, and observers have suggested that it is not more than two meters in diameter, that is small enough to burn completely during immersion in the atmosphere".
"The discovery of the asteroid in 2018 LA — only the third time an asteroid was discovered being already on the path leading to the Land, — says Paul khodas, managing Director of the research Center of near-earth objects at the jet propulsion Laboratory of NASA. Is also only the second time that a high probability of impact was predicted long before the event."
Fiery death an asteroid was caught on camera by witnesses, who later posted the video on YouTube. Video farm between Ottosdal and Hartebeesfontein in South Africa, the asteroid seems to be a bright streak that flashes a bright fireball on the horizon.
The asteroid 2018 LA was almost as distant as the Moon (which is usually located at a distance 384600 km from Earth), when he was found on Saturday.
The astronomers reported the asteroid to the minor planet Center in Massachusetts, where his pre-calculated trajectory.
On 7 October 2008 four-meter asteroid 2008 TC3 slammed into earth's atmosphere over Northern Sudan. The asteroid was observed for 19 hours before impact, which gave the scientists enough time, to predict the exact trajectory of a falling space rock.
The second event occurred on 1 January 2014, when the asteroid 2014 AA was spotted just a few hours before fell into the Atlantic ocean.
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