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Summary
A 27-inch asteroid, C0WEPC5, entered Earth’s atmosphere over Siberia on Tuesday, creating a harmless but visible fireball.
This marked Earth’s fourth detected asteroid strike of the year and only the 11th “imminent impactor” ever recorded.
The asteroid was detected by the Kitt Peak National Observatory ahead of impact, showcasing advancements in asteroid detection.
Separately, a larger asteroid, 2020 XR, measuring 1,200 feet in diameter, will safely pass Earth on Wednesday at a distance of 1.37 million miles.
Feel free to criticize the Jerusalem Post for other reasons, they deserve it, but their reports on near-miss asteroids where they compare their size to random things is always amusing.
https://www.jpost.com/tags/asteroid
It’s amusing, but not very helpful. Granted, what could the average reader do with an exact size, besides adjust their level of panic?
On second thought, the first one is very easy to picture 😺😸
No banana for scale?