I just received this note in private email from a fellow board member of the National Space Society:
For those who haven’t been on a news site or station in the last few hours, a small asteroid that was discovered *this morning* is going to enter the atmosphere over the Sudan at 10:46 PM EDT. Estimated size is in the 10 ft
range. It is not expected to reach the surface, but it *is* expected to create a 1 kiloton fireball. Should be visible from northern Africa and possibly southern Europe, so there might be a chance of live video on one of
the major outlets. Interestingly, I am having trouble getting into spaceweather.com and space.com, so it looks like people are paying some attention. – JP
So if you are one of our readers who happens to be well to the south in Europe, please do report back if you see anything a couple hours from now. I will be watching for videos to show up in blogs and the big outlets.
We can all be very, very happy it is only a couple meters in diameter…. this time.
Note: The email seemed to indicate today; the only article I have found elsewhere so far seems to indicate last night. I am still looking…
Having spent most of the morning talking worried clients down off high furniture, it comes as a relief to me to know that the sky really is falling in.
A report of it having happened was on ABC (the Australian one) radio news earlier today. About mid afternoon.