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From what I can tell from the text of the article, what happened was 2014 AA impacted the atmosphere and burned up on entry, but did not hit land or water. I b
by Zikes 13y ago
From what I can tell from the text of the article, what happened was 2014 AA impacted the atmosphere and burned up on entry, but did not hit land or water.
I bring this up because from what I can gather "impact" to astronomers means "hits the atmosphere" while "impact" to a lay person means "hits ground or water".
- splat 13y agoTrue, but meteors that burn up on entry can still cause damage -- see the Chelyabinsk meteor last year. It exploded in the atmosphere but still shattered windows and damaged thousands of buildings in the nearby town. Few would have survived if it had happened directly over the town.
- pavel_lishin 13y agoOr the Tunguska impact of 1908.