Small, Harmless Asteroid Burns Up in Earth’s Atmosphere Over Philippines
In this photo grabbed from a video, a space rock dubbed 2024 RW1 over Progressive village, Gonzaga, Cagayan Province, Philippines, on Sept. 5, 2024. Allan G. Madelar via AP
NEW YORK—A small asteroid discovered on Wednesday harmlessly burned up in Earth’s atmosphere the same day, NASA said.
The asteroid—about 3 feet across (1 meter)—was spotted by astronomers in Arizona and broke apart over the coast of the Philippines hours after the discovery.
