2022 EB5 was a small, two-metre Apollo near-Earth asteroid that disintegrated in Earth's atmosphere at 21:22 UTC on 11 March 2022, over the Arctic Ocean southwest of the Norwegian island Jan Mayen. With an atmospheric entry speed of 18 km/s (11 mi/s), the asteroid's impact generated a 4-kiloton-equivalent fireball that was detected by infrasound from Greenland and Norway. A bright flash possibly associated with the event was reported by observers from Northern Iceland.
It was discovered by astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky at Konkoly Observatory's Piszkéstető Station in Mátra Mountains, Hungary about two hours before impact. 2022 EB5 is the fifth asteroid discovered before impacting Earth. It was briefly listed on the Minor Planet Center's Near-Earth Object Confirmation Page under the temporary designation Sar2593.
See also
- Asteroid impact prediction
- Impact event
- 2008 TC3
- 2014 AA
- 2018 LA
- 2019 MO
- 2022 WJ1
- WT1190F
Notes
References
External links
- 2022 EB_5, Daniel W. E. Green, Central Bureau Electronic Telegram, Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, 13 March 2022
- 2022 EB5 at NeoDyS-2, Near Earth Objects—Dynamic Site
- Ephemerides · Observation prediction · Orbital info · MOID · Proper elements · Observational info · Close approaches · Physical info · Orbit animation
- 2022 EB5 at ESA–space situational awareness
- Ephemerides · Observations · Orbit · Physical properties · Summary
- 2022 EB5 at the JPL Small-Body Database
