
Asteroid on course for Earth spotted hours before impact with atmosphere
https://www.cnet.com/news/asteroid-earth-atmosphere-spotted-hours-before-impact-space-rock-2018-la/
A small asteroid discovered Saturday morning, determined to head for Earth, impacted the planet's atmosphere just a few hours later, according to NASA.
The cosmic boulder, named asteroid 2018 LA (and previously listed as ZLAF9B2), was estimated to be only about 6 feet (2 meters) across. It was first spotted by the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona.