Sightings2024

Asteroid 2024 BX1 burns up west of Berlin on schedule

When: 21 Jan 2024
Where: Ribbeck, Germany
Sources: 2 public sources

A fragment of the Ribbeck meteorite, recovered after asteroid 2024 BX1 hit west of Berlin Andreas Moller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Krisztian Sarneczky in Hungary discovered a meter-scale asteroid hours before it entered the atmosphere about 50 km west of Berlin at 00:32 UTC. Searchers recovered dozens of fragments near Ribbeck, a rare aubrite meteorite.

Sources

Official2024 BX1 (past impactors) (opens in a new tab)ESA NEO Coordination Centre
OtherNews Archive Detail (2024 BX1 meteorite search near Berlin) (opens in a new tab)SETI Institute / 2024-01

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