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A 1-meter meteoroid (small #asteroid) has been detected and is expected to *safely* strike Earth's atmosphere over northern France between 3:50-4:03 CET.

In the area? Look out for a #ShootingStar!☄️

#Fireball
#Sar2667
This is just the seventh time an #asteroidimpact has ever been predicted before it happens - a sign of the rapid advancements in global asteroid detection capabilities!

#PlanetaryDefence
#SpaceSafety

📸This was the 6th
©️Robert Weryk👉esa.int/Space_Safety/P…
Last estimation shows #Sar2667's point of impact getting much closer to the #Rouen area.

Safe #AsteroidImpact
#ShootingStar☄️

People of Rouen - send us your photos if you get any!🇫🇷

@ESA_fr
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A <1m object has struck🌍in the skies above Niagara Falls, becoming a safe #fireball. For just the 6th time, global #asteroid warning systems saw it pre impact, alerting #PlanetaryDefence experts where & when. 'Only' 6x, but this capability is rapidly improving

#AsteroidImpact☄️
Even, observations of the object before it struck!
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"As the world prepares to invest trillions of dollars in quelling climate change, we must focus on a just transition by ensuring that climate solutions also uplift those who are most impacted." -- Yusuf Jameel, Project Drawdown greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2022/05/16/dai…
Forging Venezianita: La Serenissima’s Tortured Relationship with its Byzantine DNA
byzantineambassador.com/post/forging-v…
#VenetianHistory, #AcademicStudy, #ByzantineBackground
Shifts in regional water availability due to global tree restoration | Nature Geoscience
nature.com/articles/s4156…
#TreeRestoration, #WaterAvailability, #RegionalShifts, #HydrologicalEffects
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Here's the story. More than 300g of rare meteoritic material has been recovered from the spectacular #fireball seen over the UK on 28 Feb!

Huge congrats to the UK Fireball Alliance, @NHM_Meteorites, @SCAMP_Meteors, @UKMeteorNetwork & many others!

newscientist.com/article/227049…
The meteorite fragments that have been recovered are of a particularly rare kind known as carbonaceous chondrites. These objects predate the Earth!

Here are a few of the specimens.

📷: The Trustees of the Natural History Museum
"Having such a fresh carbonaceous chondrite fall in the UK is a once in a lifetime event,” says @AshleyJKing85.

newscientist.com/article/227049…
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Some preliminary results on the earthgrazing #fireball of yesterday morning, from Dutch all-sky #meteor camera images.
Rare case of a meteor that definitely went in and out of the atmosphere again! Just like the famous 1972 Grand Tetons fireball
@MVerstraaten @cgbassa @Doenker Image
Even the meteors try to avoid our planet in 2020...
Note that the apparent "curve" does not mean it travelled on a curved trajectory. That "curve" in reality is due to the curved earth surface below the fireball!
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