Electronic Telegram No. 5334
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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2024 BX_1
     An asteroidal object with an estimated size around 1 m that was
discovered by K. Sarneczky on CCD images obtained on Jan. 20.9 UT with the
0.6-m Schmidt telescope at Piszkesteto, Hungary, apparently impacted the
earth's atmosphere and was photographed as a bright fireball over Berlin,
Germany, about 2.7 hours after discovery (or 2024 Jan. 21.022 UT).  Attempts
to find any meteorites are underway, aided by extensive photographic records
of the fireball across north-central Europe (see the American Meteor Society's
website URL https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2024/423).
The object was designated 2024 BX_1 on MPEC 2024-B76.  P. Veres (Minor Planet
Center) writes that he received prediction announcements of an impact over
Germany from the Scout system of the "Center for Near Earth Object Studies"
(JPL) and from the European Space Agency's Meerkat system.  This would be the
eighth asteroidal object discovered from ground-based telescopes prior to
impacting the earth's atmosphere (cf. CBETs 5221, 5230).


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2024 January 22                  (CBET 5334)              Daniel W. E. Green