Small asteroid captured hours prior to Earth impact

Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth on March 11, 2022. It was discovered hour prior by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly Observatory in Hungary. The asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere.

Credit: Space.com | footage: Krisztián Sárneczky / orbit animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve Spaleta