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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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Whats your favourite method to prevent an #AsteroidImpact?
(More info on techniques below. HINT: one is pretty dangerous and another is #sciencefiction)
#PlanetaryDefense🌍☄️
1. The planned #AIDA mission will be the first to test asteroid deflection. @NASA's #DART spacecraft will be crashed into asteroid #Didymoon, and ESA's #HeraMission will observe the effects. Find out more: esa.int/Our_Activities…
2. Explode asteroid: speaks for itself!💥
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