2024 RW1

2024 RW1
The sequence of four images in which 2024 RW1 (inside purple circles) was discovered
Discovery[1][2]
Discovered byJacqueline B. Fazekas
Discovery siteMount Lemmon Obs.
Discovery dateSeptember 4, 2024
Designations
2024 RW1
CAQTDL2
NEO · Apollo
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 4 September 2024 (JD 2460557.5)
Uncertainty parameter 5
Observation arc10.30 h (618.23 min)
Aphelion4.279 AU
Perihelion0.735 AU
2.507 AU
Eccentricity0.7068
3.97 yr (1,450 d)
349.188°
0° 14m 53.799s / day
Inclination0.528°
162.457°
249.622°
Earth MOID1.34283×10−5 AU (2.00885×103 km)
Physical characteristics
~1 m (3.3 ft)
C-type asteroid[4]
32.048±0.343[3]

2024 RW1, previously known under its provisional designation CAQTDL2,[5] was a 1-meter-sized asteroid or meteoroid that struck the Earth's atmosphere and burned up harmlessly on September 5, 2024, at around 12:40 a.m. PHT (September 4, 16:40 UTC) above the western Pacific Ocean near Cagayan, Philippines.[5][6] 2024 RW1 is the ninth impact event that was successfully predicted,[7] which was discovered by Jacqueline Fazekas at NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey.[8]

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