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The dashcam of a motorist captured the incredible moment when a powerful asteroid "fireball" exploded over Russia.
The space rock accelerated to more than 32,000 miles per hour (52,000 km / h). The 4 meter wide object slid past NASA's asteroid warning systems and was spotted by sensors designed to detect nuclear explosions after hitting the atmosphere of the planet with a force of three kilotons. 19659002] NASA warned last week of a vulnerability in its detection equipment that prevents the space agency from spotting potentially lethal objects from the "day side" of the Earth until It's too late.
Scrolling down to the video by the blast of June 21 was so bright that it could be seen in broad daylight on several cities – including Lipetsk, which is southeast of Moscow.
Dashcam images shows the dazzling glow of bright fireball in the space of a second before leaving a trail of smoke that persists for several minutes.
The impact was not significant enough to cause damage on Earth, and no one was injured by the collision, which occurred around 4:16 am local time (2:16 BST / 9:16 ET).
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It was first spotted by US government detectors designed to detect nuclear explosions after the rock hit our planet.
"The event was captured on video and caused a lot of A new video shows the incredible moment when the most powerful asteroid hit the Earth this year exploded above Russia (circled in red) ” clbad=”blkBorder img-share” />