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just hours after being discovered a small asteroid named 2024 rw1 entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up over the Philippines it was a spectacular sight but luckily there was no danger to people on the ground this isn't the first time we've spotted an incoming asteroid thanks to Advanced telescopes we're getting better at detecting these space rocks before they hit our planet and with missions like NASA's Dart were even learning how to deflect them if they pose a threat the asteroid which was about 1 M across was spotted by astronomers in Arizona on Wednesday it entered Earth's atmosphere at a speed of about 17 km per second While most asteroids are small and harmless there is always a chance that a larger asteroid could pose a threat to Earth