2024 RW1
2024 meteoroid
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2024 RW1, previously known under its provisional designation CAQTDL2,[5] was a 1-meter-sized asteroid or meteoroid that struck the Earth's atmosphere and burned up harmlessly on September 5, 2024, at around 12:40 a.m. PHT (September 4, 16:40 UTC) above the western Pacific Ocean near Cagayan, Philippines.[5][6] 2024 RW1 is the ninth impact event that was successfully predicted,[7] which was discovered by Jacqueline Fazekas at NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey.[8]
The sequence of four images in which 2024 RW1 (inside purple circles) was discovered | |
| Discovery[1][2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Jacqueline B. Fazekas |
| Discovery site | Mount Lemmon Obs. |
| Discovery date | 4 September 2024 |
| Designations | |
| 2024 RW1 | |
| CAQTDL2 | |
| NEO · Apollo | |
| Orbital characteristics[3] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2024 (JD 2460557.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 5 | |
| Observation arc | 10.30 h (618.23 min) |
| Aphelion | 4.279 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.735 AU |
| 2.507 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.7068 |
| 3.97 yr (1,450 d) | |
| 349.188° | |
| 0° 14m 53.799s / day | |
| Inclination | 0.528° |
| 162.457° | |
| 249.622° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.34283×10−5 AU (2.00885×103 km) |
| Physical characteristics[3][4] | |
| ~1 m (3.3 ft) | |
| C-type asteroid | |
| 32.048±0.343 | |
Ground observation
Despite the presence of Typhoon Yagi over the Philippines that the European Space Agency (ESA) initially said "might obscure the view of the asteroid", several observers reported seeing the fireball,[9] including those who posted videos on social media.[10]
