On February 13, 2023, the sky across France and England was briefly illuminated by a small meteor burning. It was slightly less than 1 meter (3 feet) across, and then known as Sar 2667. It is now asteroid 2023 CX1, the first cosmic object that we have tracked from its discovery to its destruction, and the collection of its meteoric fragments. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The object was discovered just a few hours before its fatal trip through the Earth's atmosphere. It was, at the time, only the seventh asteroid impact that had been predicted to happen. We've had several more since , so there are a lot of records that can be established. The meteorite was an ordinary chondrite in the L6 group, which are fairly co

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