Sightings2023

Asteroid 2023 CX1 strikes over Normandy as predicted

When

13 Feb 2023

Where

Normandy, France

Sources

2 public sources

Astronomer Krisztian Sarneczky in Hungary spotted a small asteroid hours before it hit, only the seventh found before impact. It entered the atmosphere at 02:59 UTC over the English Channel as forecast, fireball cameras recorded it, and meteorites were later recovered in Normandy.