2024 RW1

2024 RW₁, previously known under its provisional designation CAQTDL2,^[5] was a 1-meter-sized asteroid or meteoroid that struck the Earth's atmosphere and burned up harmlessly on September 5, 2024, at around 12:40 a.m. PHT (September 4, 16:40 UTC) above the western Pacific Ocean near Cagayan, Philippines.^[5][6] 2024 RW₁ is the ninth impact event that was successfully predicted,^[7] which was discovered by Jacqueline Fazekas at NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey.^[8]

2024 RW₁

The sequence of four images in which 2024 RW1 (inside purple circles) was discovered
Discovery[1][2]
Discovered by	Jacqueline B. Fazekas
Discovery site	Mount Lemmon Obs.
Discovery date	4 September 2024
Designations
MPC designation	2024 RW1
Alternative designations	CAQTDL2
Minor planet category	NEO · Apollo
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 4 September 2024 (JD 2460557.5)
Uncertainty parameter 5
Observation arc	10.30 h (618.23 min)
Aphelion	4.279 AU
Perihelion	0.735 AU
Semi-major axis	2.507 AU
Eccentricity	0.7068
Orbital period (sidereal)	3.97 yr (1,450 d)
Mean anomaly	349.188°
Mean motion	0° 14m 53.799s / day
Inclination	0.528°
Longitude of ascending node	162.457°
Argument of perihelion	249.622°
Earth MOID	1.34283×10−5 AU (2.00885×103 km)
Physical characteristics[3][4]
Mean diameter	~1 m (3.3 ft)
Spectral type	C-type asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)	32.048±0.343

Ground observation

Despite the presence of Typhoon Yagi over the Philippines that the European Space Agency (ESA) initially said "might obscure the view of the asteroid", several observers reported seeing the fireball,^[9] including those who posted videos on social media.^[10]

See also

• Asteroid impact prediction
  • 2024 BX₁
  • 2024 UQ
  • 2024 XA₁