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Mike Wall

How NASA predicted the Jan. 21 asteroid crash over Germany

Map of europe with a yellow line indicating the path of an incoming asteroid, which hit over germany.

Scientists accurately predicted a tiny asteroid's impact over the weekend, showcasing a capability that will come in handy if a bigger, more dangerous space rock lines Earth up in its crosshairs.

Early Sunday morning (Jan. 21) German time, a roughly 3.3-foot-wide (1 meter) asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere near Berlin, generating a fireball seen by observers across Europe. 

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