Discovery[1][2] | |
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Discovered by | Krisztián Sárneczky |
Discovery site | Piszkéstető Stn. |
Discovery date | 20 January 2024 |
Designations | |
2024 BX1 | |
Sar2736 | |
NEO · Apollo | |
Orbital characteristics[3] | |
Epoch 13 September 2023 (JD 2460200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 6 | |
Observation arc | 2.49 h (150 min) |
Aphelion | 1.833 AU |
Perihelion | 0.835 AU |
1.334 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.3740 |
1.54 yr (563.0 d) | |
246.680° | |
0° 38m 22.038s / day | |
Inclination | 7.266° |
300.141° | |
243.604° | |
Earth MOID | 0.000532 AU (79,600 km) |
Physical characteristics | |
≈1 m | |
32.795±0.353[3] 32.84[1] | |
2024 BX1, previously known under its temporary designation Sar2736, was a metre-sized asteroid or meteoroid that entered Earth's atmosphere on 21 January 2024 00:33 UTC and disintegrated as a meteor over Berlin.[2][4] It was discovered less than three hours before impact by Hungarian astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky at Konkoly Observatory's Piszkéstető Station in the Mátra Mountains, Hungary.[2] The fireball was observed by the cameras of the AllSky7[5] and Fripon[6] networks. 2024 BX1 is the eighth asteroid discovered before impacting Earth, and is Sárneczky's third discovery of an impacting asteroid. Before it impacted, 2024 BX1 was a near-Earth asteroid on an Earth-crossing Apollo-type orbit.
Meteorite fragments of 2024 BX1 were found five days after it entered the Earth's atmosphere.[7][8] It was later found to be an aubrite, a rare group of meteorites.[9]