Two meteors in two days lit up the sky in China and Botswana

Two meteors in two days lit up the sky in China and Botswana

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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2170773-two-meteors-in-two-days-lit-up-the-sky-in-china-and-botswana/

— People’s Daily,China (@PDChina) June 2, 2018

The other burned up over Botswana on 2 June. It was detected by researchers at the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, 8 hours before entering Earth’s atmosphere. After a streak showed up on a series of time-lapse telescope images, astronomers determined that the rock – dubbed 2018 LA – was relatively small and on a collision course with Earth.

Two meteors in two days lit up the sky in China and Botswana

Jun 4, 2018, 10:09pm UTC
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2170773-two-meteors-in-two-days-lit-up-the-sky-in-china-and-botswana/ > — People’s Daily,China (@PDChina) June 2, 2018 > The other burned up over Botswana on 2 June. It was detected by researchers at the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, 8 hours before entering Earth’s atmosphere. After a streak showed up on a series of time-lapse telescope images, astronomers determined that the rock – dubbed 2018 LA – was relatively small and on a collision course with Earth.