A strong flash startled France early this Wednesday, 15. That’s because an asteroid passed very close to Earth.
It was already predicted that the rock would collide with the Earth’s atmosphere, and that was the reason for the great flash, seen not only on French soil. Several places in Europe also saw the comet, called 2023 THIS.
How did it all happen?
Many people learned about the incident through various videos that were posted on Twitter and other social networks. The videos are even frightening, as they show a strong flash, which was generated by the asteroid itself when it entered the earthlings’ atmosphere.
Of course, every time we talk about an asteroid hitting Earth, we are alarmed. However, the European Space Agency (ESA) assured that nothing would happen to our planet for basically two reasons.
The first and main one is that the asteroid did not have the structure to cause great damage, since it does not have more than 5 meters in diameter. The second reason is that it passed almost 4,000 km away from Earth.
Check out the video below:
It is worth mentioning that the asteroid just passed by our planet, that is, it did not collide in any region. That’s because the distance he passed wasn’t enough for that fact to happen.
If there is anything that the ESA learned through this event, it was in terms of forecasting for this type of event. That is, more and more space agencies are having enough capacity to foresee asteroids that could eventually be harmful to Earth.
2023 BU was predicted by an asteroid hunter named Krisztián Sárneczk, and oddly enough, this was only the seventh time in human history that this type of prediction had been made.
Furthermore, the strong glare was captured by several cameras, not only in France, but also in cities like Brighton, which is located not many kilometers away.
