Asteroid 2024 Rw178

Asteroid 2024 Rw178. It measured around 3.3 feet wide (1 meter) and burned up. The encounter in 2024 will be the closest by this asteroid for more than three centuries.

On september 4, 2024, a newly discovered asteroid named 2024 rw1 made a surprise visit to earth’s atmosphere, burning up in a brilliant green fireball above the philippines just eight. On 4 september at 16:39 utc (18:39 cest), the small asteroid 2024 rw1 entered earth’s atmosphere near the philippines, exploding in a fireball witnessed by people in the region.