Small asteroid hits atmosphere over Berlin (video)

Small asteroid hits atmosphere over Berlin
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A small asteroid exploded in the sky over Berlin on Sunday night, the Bild am Sonntag said, Azernews reports citing foreign media.

The fireball left a long trail of light in the sky. The celestial body could also be observed in Leipzig and Prague. According to NASA calculations, it was supposed to fall in Nehnhausen in the federal state of Brandenburg. The asteroid, as the newspaper notes, had a diameter of only about 1 meter. Most of the rock was probably burned.

Search teams are expected to hit the area on Sunday to look for debris as it could be worth several hundred thousand euros.

The arrival of the asteroid was known in advance. It was precisely calculated by experts. This was only the eighth time such an event could have been predicted, the newspaper said.

Well this is a pretty cool catch of a video...and hopefully whatever remains are found from this asteroid will enlighten us more about what the cosmos have to offer, regarless of money. No fear mongering here, but imagine what a solid crash would do to Earth? This one was good for popcorn star gazing but cool nevertheless.

a reply to: Skywatcher2011

Wow thats a real slow one.

a reply to: Waterglass

As for your signature line, very true in this case.
It was strongly believed that rocks could not fall from the sky until 1803 when a couple of Yankees proved that they did and then astronomer's did a rethink.

a reply to: CosmicFocus

Remember this one that "bounced" offed the earths atsmophere several years ago? I got to the video footage before it was altered by Global Meteor Network cameras. Lies, lies, lies.

Altered Video




I never knew that meteors had a geometric shape