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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