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Another Meteoroid Discovered Right Before it Hits the Atmosphere

lit up the sky above the English Channel early Monday morning February as it streaked through the atmosphere, and because it had been detected just a few hours beforehand – with expert precision on where it could be seen -- skywatchers were able to capture the event. Astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky found the 1-meter (3 ft) asteroid just half a day before it came through Earth’s atmosphere.

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