A further thought regarding #2024RW1 and its having flashed in the sky today:

This continues the pattern of those small asteroids discovered prior to impact being mainly impactors hitting the atmosphere over the northern hemisphere.

That pattern is due to most current asteroid discovery telescopes being in the northern hemisphere.

As @VRubinObs begins operations, more small asteroids will be discovered prior to hitting the atmosphere over the southern hemisphere.

Fortunately, the skies were clear enough that the asteroid #2024RW1 née #CAQTDL2’s meteor-fireball-bolide phase was visible and with plenty of videos taken.

https://www.imo.net/2024-rw1-atmospheric-entry-in-pictures-videos/

As already mentioned by many outlets, this was only the 9th time a meteor was predicted in advance which meant that lots of people were expecting it.

📷 Allan Madelar from Gonzaga, Cagayan, #Philippines

#astronomy #bolides #meteors #NearEarthObjects

The #2024RW1 fireball is now on the CNEOS list: https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/fireballs/ .

Impact energy 0.2 kiloton.

The last similar event was 2 weeks ago, but that one was not seen in advance.