'Tiny' Asteroid Picked Up <br />By Warning Systems, Just Hours Before Striking Earth.<br />Take the time to understand each other.<br />Take the time to understand each other.<br />Take the time to understand each other.<br />Tiny asteroids like 2022 EB5 are numerous, and they impact into the atmosphere quite frequently -- roughly every 10 months or so.<br />, Paul Chodas, JPL's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, via CNN.<br />But very few of these asteroids have actually been detected in space and observed extensively prior to impact, , Paul Chodas, JPL's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, via CNN.<br />... basically because they are very faint until the last few hours, and a survey telescope has to observe just the right spot of sky at the right time for one to be detected, Paul Chodas, JPL's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, via CNN.<br />Scout had only 14 observations over 40 minutes from one observatory to work with when it first identified the object as an impactor. , Davide Farnocchia, Navigation Engineer at JPL, via CNN.<br />We were able to determine the possible impact locations, which initially extended from western Greenland to off the coast of Norway. , Davide Farnocchia, Navigation Engineer at JPL, via CNN.<br />As more observatories tracked the asteroid, our calculations of its trajectory and impact location became more precise, Davide Farnocchia, Navigation Engineer at JPL, via CNN.
