It was announced that an asteroid called 2022 EB5 was detected only 2 hours before it hit the Earth.
The American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in particular, detects large-scale celestial bodies in advance and gives various warnings.
NASA considers objects exceeding 150 meters in size and within a maximum distance of 7.5 million kilometers from Earth as “potential danger”.
An asteroid called 2022 EB5 was discovered just 2 hours before it hit Earth.
The meteorite in question It was first detected on March 11 by astronomer Krisztian Sarneczky with a telescope at the Piszkesteto observatory in Hungary.
Sarneczky immediately reported to the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which monitors near-Earth objects and comets.
SHRED IN THE ATMOSPHERE
Since the discovered meteorite is quite small in size, it disintegrated in the atmosphere without posing any danger.
Although its discovery only a few hours before it hit the Earth caused some fear, the European Space Agency interpreted it as a “good development” that it could be detected even 2 hours before it was so small in size.
Although the 2022 EB5 is quite small, according to measurements, at the point where it hits It caused a 4.0 magnitude earthquake to occur.
The 17-meter-diameter meteorite that fell in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia in 2013 had the same effect as 26 to 33 atomic bombs.
The meteorite, which exploded 15 to 20 kilometers above the region, created a shock wave, causing the windows of the buildings to explode, injuring 1,500 people.
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