Unfavorable climate circumstances on account of Hurricane “Enteng” (worldwide title: Yagi) and the improved southwest monsoon robbed most individuals of a “lovely show” within the skies as an asteroid fell someplace within the northernmost a part of Luzon round midnight on Wednesday.
The celestial phenomenon, nevertheless, was seen by residents within the northernmost cities of Cagayan province, notably these within the cities of Gonzaga, Sta. Ana and Lal-lo.
A few of them shared on social media video clips and images exhibiting the 1-meter (3-foot) falling asteroid, which was given the title 2024 RW1, glowing with a greenish mild earlier than it lit up the sky by blowing up midair.
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Innocent
“It was solely a small asteroid, and it doesn’t pose any menace or hazard to people or on Earth since from the time it collided with the ambiance, it began to vaporize because it fell,” stated Mario Raymundo, head of the Astronomical Remark and Time Service Unit of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Companies Administration.
The fragments of the asteroid that survived doubtless fell into the ocean, Raymundo stated.
“With that small measurement of an asteroid, because it enters the ambiance, it might already begin to disintegrate,” he added.