Asteroid Explosion Seen on Satellite As It Entered Earth's Atmosphere South of Puerto Rico
At a Glance A lightning detection instrument on the GOES-East satellite saw an asteroid exploding over the Caribbean Sea.The asteroid was the size of a small car and likely burned up in Earth's atmosphere. An asteroid harmlessly exploded as it entered earth's atmosphere last weekend and a special satellite sensor saw it all happen over the Caribbean Sea. The asteroid, named 2019 MO, was detected by NOAA's GOES-East Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument on Saturday at 5:20 p.m. EDT. It...