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Asteroid alert: small space rock to crash into Earth's atmosphere in 30 minutes — September 4, 2024 at 16:46 UTC (9:46 AM PDT)
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Asteroid alert: small space rock to crash into Earth's atmosphere in 30 minutes — September 4, 2024 at 16:46 UTC (9:46 AM PDT)

Mark Frauenfelder
Sep 04, 2024
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Asteroid CAQTDL2 moving through space within the purple circle (Catalina Sky Survey)
Asteroid CAQTDL2 moving through space within the purple circle (Catalina Sky Survey)

Asteroid CAQTDL2 will strike Earth's atmosphere on September 4, 2024 at 16:46 UTC (9:46 AM PDT).

Discovered just eight hours ago by research technologist Jacqueline Fazekas at the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, the 1-meter long CAQTDL2 will slam into the Earth's atmosphe…

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