Paris: With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid traveled from space, broke up in earth’s atmosphere and synt fiery fragmentes Shooting to the Gathering Aout How these space Rocks disintegrate.Asteroid 2023 CX1 Briefly lit up the Sky as it disintegrated over Northwestern France at Around 4:00 PM (1400 GMT) On February 13, 2023.Seven hours earlier, a Hungarian Astronomer Had Spotted The Small Asteroid – which was less than a me metre (yard) wide and weighed 650 kilogrammes (more than 1,400 pounds) (more than 1,400 pounds) Miles) From Earth.In the following minutes and hours, scientists at nasa and the european space agency was able to calculate the location and Timeline of its descent with unprecedened accuracy.Observatories Around the world then joined forces to study every aspect of its journey, using a range of scientific instruments.Among these swiftly mobileising was professional and amateur astronomers from france’s FRPON Fragments of asteroids that make it to the ground.“We receive dozens of photos and videos” of the asteroids-link journey through the atmosphere, said meteorite specialist brigitte brigitte zanda of france of francce’s newly museum of natural history, health is part of the network.Collaborating with the public – Including sifting through images posted on social media – allowed scientists to observe the phenomenon with “unimatured precision”, Zanda Told AFP.In Particular, there was an “extramely useful video showing the object fragmenting, which lets us see how many pieces it broke into – and how this happened”, She said.‘Brutal’ Break-upThe first meteorite, weight 93 grams (3.3 oouncs), was found two days later in the northwestern french commune of Saint-Pierre-Le-Viger with the help of locations.In all, Around a Dozen Meteorites was collected and added to the museum’s collection.After two-sand-a-half years, all the information gathered about the asteroid was published in a study in natural astronomy astronomy this week.So far, only 11 asteroids have been detected before impact and meteorites were only recovered from Four of Them, Said the Study.2023 CX1 Likely Broke Off from a larger Rock in the Massalia Asteroid Family in the Asteroid Belt Between Mars and Jupiter, According to the Study.As the asteroid entred our planet’s atmosphere, it disintegrated “very brutally in two stages” Around 28 kilometres Above Earth, Zanda Said.DURING The Process, It Lost 98 per cent of its mass – and released a huege Amount of energy.“This is maybe only the second time we have observed fragmentation like this,” Zanda said. “It probally depends on the speed, Angle of Impact and Internal Structure of the Rock.”None of the fiery meteorites that made it to earth damaged anything.However, simulations showed that this particular Kind of fragmentation has the potential to cause more damage than a more gradual disintegration – such as the way au au au au au au bigger as extraoid exploded over the russian citizen of the russian citizen.As that 20-metre-wide asteroid descended, “There was five successive fragments, Each releasing a small amount of energy,” Zanda said.Still, The Resulting Shockwave Shatred Windows Across the City, Injuring More than 1,000 people.
