Asteroid explodes over English Channel in rare and historic cosmic 'airburst'
During the early hours of this morning , an asteroid exploded over the English Channel after it hurled through the Earth's atmosphere. The small 1m asteroid was visible as far south as Paris, France, with people in southern England and Wales having the best view.
Speaking to Wales Online, American Physicist and airburst specialist Mark Boslough, from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, explained that although "airbursts of this size happen somewhere several times per year" it is very rare they are discovered in advance. He added that this airburst was only the seventh time in history one has ever been discovered advance.
Another, @Aljibaalu, tweeted: "Just saw it and it was magnificent. Came down vertically on time. 2:59. Green like a bright emerald then bright orange really quickly. Absolutely phenomenal view of the #asteroid #sar2667 tonight over the English Channel facing France." According to NASA, asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the sun. Although asteroids orbit the sun like planets, they are much smaller than planets. There are lots of asteroids in our solar system. Most of them live in the main asteroid belt—a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
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