The asteroid seen by thousands UK and France residents crashed into the Earths atmosphere just hours before crashing

A few hours before it hit the Earth’s atmosphere over the UK and France, an asteroid was seen.

The world only had seven hours’ notice that the one-meter asteroid was coming close. It burned up safely over Europe on Monday morning.

But finding all of it was seen as a success, and it had only happened a few times before.

When the asteroid hit, it was only the seventh time that a similar event had been predicted ahead of time.

The European Space Agency, which was one of many groups scrambling to keep an eye on the asteroid as it hurtled toward Earth, said that was a sign of how quickly the world’s ability to find asteroids was getting better.

People who were keeping an eye on the asteroid knew from the start that it was about one meter across and not likely to cause any damage.

Scientists all over the world were able to watch the asteroid as it flew toward Earth and lit up in our atmosphere because it had already been found.

According to the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Centre, many observatories were able to watch the event. This center keeps track of such objects and lets scientists know about any new approaches that might be interesting.

Systems like NASA’s Scout and the European Space Agency’s Meerkat, which are both used to watch for impacts with Earth, also kept an eye on the impact.

Seven asteroid impacts have been seen and predicted ahead of time. The same person has now found two of those seven. Krisztián Sárneczky saw another asteroid hit over the Arctic Ocean in March of last year before he saw the latest visitor. In total, he has found hundreds of minor planets and other objects.

The most recent asteroid hit the Earth almost exactly 10 years after the Chelyabinsk explosion, which happened over Russia on February 15, 2023. It was the most powerful asteroid strike in more than a century. About 1,500 people were hurt, and buildings were badly damaged and windows were blown out.