2024 XA1 explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. FFC2E0
Discoverer:V. F. Carvajal
Discovery Site:Kitt PeakBok (V00)
Discovered:3 December 2024
Alt Names:C0WEPC5
Epoch:3 December 2024 (JD 2460647.5)
Uncertainty:2
Observation Arc:9 h (540 min)
Aphelion:2.541 AU
Perihelion:0.852 AU
Semimajor:1.696 AU
Eccentricity:0.4977
Period:2.21 yr (807 d)
Mean Anomaly:349.188°
Mean Motion: / day
Inclination:0.108°
Asc Node:72.255°
Arg Peri:53.100°
Moid:3.27716E-05AU
Mean Diameter:~

, formerly designated as C0WEPC5, is a small meteoroid that fell over eastern Siberia near the city of Olekminsk on 3 December 2024, 16:15 GMT. It is the eleventh impact event that was successfully predicted.

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