A very small asteroid will harmlessly impact Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday, according to NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).
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The asteroid, approximately 1 meter wide, was discovered by NASA and ESA's near-Earth object study teams Wednesday morning.
It is expected to harmlessly impact Earth's atmosphere at 12:40 pm Eastern Time and create a fireball off the east coast of the northern Philippines, according to NASA.
NASA and @ESA’s near-Earth object study teams predict that a very small (~1 meter) #asteroid will harmlessly impact Earth’s atmosphere in a few hours at ~12:40pm EDT (~16:40 UTC) and create a fireball off the east coast of the northern Philippines. pic.twitter.com/EbmSvinQpB
ESA said the asteroid will strike Earth's atmosphere over the Philippines near Luzon Island.