In what was an historic first, an asteroid that had only just been discovered exploded over the English Channel at around 3am this Morning Sar2667
Night into day: This was the flash over Brighton, at 3am this morning, as the asteroid exploded
The small 1m asteroid, currently designated as Sar2667, created a shooting star and an 'airburst' when it exploded after entering a Earth's atmosphere. It was visible from across most of southern England and Wales - and as far south as Paris, France. In fact, he said this was only the seventh time in history one had been discovered in advance. And he said it was the first time in history this had happened "over a populated area with enough warning to get data".
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