[meteorite-list] Asteroid 2014 AA Hits Earth Today

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 09:00:41 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201401021700.s02H0fYN015973_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

>From MPEC 2014-A02:

http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K14/K14A02.html

It is virtually certain that 2014 AA hit the Earth's atmosphere on
2014 Jan. 2.2 +/- 0.4, as demonstrated by independent calculations by
Bill Gray, the MPC and Steve Chesley (JPL). According to Chesley, the
impact locations are widely distributed, most likely falling on an arc
extending from Central America to East Africa, with a best-fit location
just off the coast of West Africa on Jan. 2.10. 2014 AA was unlikely to
have survived atmospheric entry intact, as it was comparable in size to
2008 TC3, the only other example of an impacting object observed
prior to atmospheric entry.
Received on Thu 02 Jan 2014 12:00:41 PM PST