Small, harmless asteroid burns up in Earth’s atmosphere over the Philippines
- A small asteroid named 2024 RW1 harmlessly burned up over the Philippines at approximately 12:46 p.m. ET on September 4, according to the European Space Agency.
- Discovered by Jacqueline Fazekas hours earlier, it was only 3 feet long and created a green fireball before mostly disintegrating in the atmosphere.
- NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office confirmed that there was no need for evacuations as the asteroid posed no danger to humans.
Insights by Ground AI
Does this summary seem wrong?
Coverage Details
Total News Sources0
Leaning Left19Leaning Right3Center11Last UpdatedBias Distribution58% Left
Bias Distribution
- 58% of the sources lean Left
L 58%
C 33%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
Ownership
To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage