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

About 45 minutes until the 2024 September 4, 16:40 UTC impact of #CAQTDL2 / #2024RW1 over the ocean off of the north-east coast of #Luzon .

Anyone near #Manila who should have the fortune of clear skies in that direction may be able to see the fireball ~7º above the horizon to the north-east.

#Philippines

@michael_w_busch That is possible, here's ECMWF modelled cloud cover for 15z (closest timestamp to the fireball).

The main issue is I suspect there's a shield of high clouds in between the rainbands that aren't being modelled or detected well. This might be somewhat transparent, though.

I agree with your assessment that it is going to be a matter of luck. Hopefully there will be people who can safely see it. It's incredible that an asteroid of this size was discovered before impact! #CAQTDL2

@ingalls If I read the cloud coverage and local weather reports correctly; the northeast coast of Luzon will be between bands of the storm when #CAQTDL2 comes down?

Cloud coverage will make any one observer seeing it or not a matter of luck.

And may no one risk their safety for the sake of seeing the fireball.

Discovery credit for #CAQTDL2 is to Jacqueline Fazekas at the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona.

As of this writing; 43 observations of the asteroid have been reported and indexed. More will keep coming in until it enters Earth's shadow at about 16:00 UTC: https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/scout/#/object/CAQTDL2 .

(Note for anyone reading this later: That is a temporary link. The object now known as CAQTDL2 will be given a catalog designation and the observations indexed under that.)

The water underneath where #CAQTDL2 will come in is between 3 km and 4 km deep.

This will impede the collection of meteorites.

Anyone who sees the meteor from #Luzon in the #Philippines is encouraged to submit a fireball report to the International Meteor Organization: https://www.imo.net/9th-earth-impactor-on-its-way-to-northern-philippines/

Again: Impact time is about 2024 September 4, 16:40 UTC.

That is September 5, 00:40 in local time.