Jun 022016
 

Fireball Lights Pre-Dawn Sky over Arizona

Based on the latest data, a small asteroid estimated at 5 feet (1-2 meters) in diameter – with a mass of a few tons and a kinetic energy of approximately half a kiloton – entered Earth’s atmosphere above Arizona just before 4 a.m. local (MST) time. NASA estimates that the asteroid was moving at about 40,200 miles per hour (64,700 kilometers per hour).

Neato. Kinda weak compared to the ones that keep whackin’ Russia, though.

 Posted by at 8:24 pm