{"id":776536,"date":"2024-02-11T08:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T13:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=776536"},"modified":"2024-02-11T08:12:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T13:12:02","slug":"asteroid-2024-bx1-sar2736-impacts-earths-atmosphere-over-berlin-germany-the-8th-predicted-impact-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=776536","title":{"rendered":"Asteroid 2024 BX1 (Sar2736) impacts Earth\u2019s atmosphere over Berlin, Germany – the 8th predicted impact on record"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A small asteroid designated 2024 BX1 (temporary designation Sar2736) impacted Earth\u2019s atmosphere near Berlin, Germany at 00:33 UTC on January 21, 2024. This asteroid was discovered about 3 hours before impact, making it the 8th<\/sup> asteroid to be discovered before impacting Earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The object belonged to the Apollo class of Asteroids and had an estimated diameter between 0.7 and 1.6 m (2.23 \u2013 5.2 feet).<\/p>\n

2024 BX1 was discovered about 150 minutes before impact by astronomer Kriszti\u00e1n S\u00e1rneczky at GINOP-KHK, Piszkesteto Station in Hungary. <\/p>\n

This is the third discovery of Earth\u2019s impactor made by S\u00e1rneczky. His previous discoveries were 2022 EB2 which impacted Earth\u2019s atmosphere southwest of Jan Mayen island in the Arctic Ocean on March 21, 2022, and 2023 CX1 which impacted over the English Channel, between England and France on February 13, 2023.<\/p>\n

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Asteroid 2024 BX1 disintegrated just west of Berlin but it\u2019s likely some pieces of it survived the entry.<\/p>\n

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#Asteroid<\/a> 2024 BX1 was first discovered by @sarneczky<\/a> at Piszk\u00e9stet\u0151 Station in Hungary about 3 hours before it burned up over Germany. Shortly after, multiple observatories in Europe contributed over 180 observations of this asteroid. pic.twitter.com\/Gf4THC1Lkw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tony Dunn (@tony873004) January 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thanks to my wonderful colleague @allplanets<\/a> I knew where and when to look for a #meteor<\/a> coming down over #Berlin<\/a> tonight. Here’s the video! pic.twitter.com\/kBhGz6Ahir<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Michael Aye (@michaelaye@mastodon.online) \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@michaelaye) January 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Here’s the full video of the asteroid #Sar2736<\/a>, a ~1 m object that broke up some 50 m west of #Belin<\/a>, #Germany<\/a>, and probably dropped some meteorites on the ground. Video credit: pic.twitter.com\/PA73dkqid1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Denis Vida (@meteordoc) January 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Here it is pic.twitter.com\/6cDzlJ5hqD<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 GionGionni (@GionniGion) January 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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#BREAKING<\/a>: Moments ago, a small asteroid impacted Earth over Germany. Video from live cam in Leipzig.<\/p>\n

H\/t @meteordoc<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/F1TLijsv9P<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) January 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u2604\ufe0f\u00fcber Berlin.\ud83d\ude0d pic.twitter.com\/AYROUbTpSy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 FloBerlin (@BerlinFlo5) January 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Prague’s view of #Sar2736<\/a>: a minor planet entering Earth’s atmosphere on Jan 21, 2024, at 00:32 UT. pic.twitter.com\/KXDnBvzmGX<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Hanjie Tan (@HonkitTan) January 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The other 7 asteroids detected before impact are:<\/p>\n