Asteroid 2024 Rw1 Philippines. With all of humanity's telescopic eyes on the sky, it's rare for an asteroid to take us by surprise. It is expected to burn up harmlessly on the morning of dec.

The asteroid — officially named 2024 rw1 based on the time of its discovery — was first spotted at 5:43 utc on wednesday and impacted at 16:39 utc, nearly 11 hours. Nasa’s asteroid watch website had forecasted that the impact could produce a “fireball” visible from the east coast of the philippines, prompting people to upload pictures on social media.