2023 CX1 Meteor Flash

Whereas scanning the skies for attain earth objects Hungarian astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky first imaged the meter-sized space rock now cataloged as 2023 CX1 on 12 February 2023 at 20: 18: 07 UTC. That changed into once about 7 hours sooner than it impacted planet Earth’s ambiance. Its predicted trajectory created a rare different for meteor observers and a final minute thought resulted in this spectacular image of the fireball, captured from the Netherlands as 2023 CX1 vaporized and broke up over northern France. Remarkably it changed into once Sárneczky’s second discovery of an impacting asteroid, whereas 2023 CX1 is easiest the seventh asteroid to be detected sooner than being efficiently predicted to impact Earth. It has currently develop into the third such object from which meteorites were recovered. This fireball changed into once witnessed virtually 10 years to the day following the contaminated Chelyabinsk Meteor flash.