This Might Be One of the Most Insane Videos of an Asteroid Exploding!

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Recently this was the scene in the skies over the Philippines, as an unexpected asteroid ripped through the atmosphere and lit up the sky as it burned up. Experts say this type of surprise is extremely rare, as astronomers around the world are constantly tracking incoming space rocks.

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00:00recently this was the scene in the skies over the philippines as an unexpected asteroid ripped

00:09through the atmosphere and lit up the sky as it burned up experts say this type of surprise

00:14is extremely rare as astronomers around the world are constantly tracking incoming space rocks

00:19however every once in a while one gets through and this one was epic the asteroid has now been

00:24named 2024 rw1 and despite initial reports indicating it touched down it actually didn't

00:30experts at nasa say it burned up in its entirety before making an impact those same experts say it

00:35measured around 3.2 feet in diameter and entered the atmosphere over the island of luzon according

00:40to the esa this is only the ninth asteroid that humankind has ever spotted before impact and this

00:46isn't the first surprise one either in 2013 an 18 ton asteroid entered our atmosphere and exploded

00:52over a city in russia the resulting debris caused massive damage to the area with around 1500

00:57people requiring medical assistance in the wake of the asteroid event a not so gentle reminder of

01:02just how wild and chaotic the cosmos can be

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