2019 MO

<p>2019 MO, temporarily designated A10eoM1, was a small, harmless 3-meter <a href="/facts/Near-Earth_asteroid/UwnPRnSN">near-Earth asteroid</a> discovered by <a href="/facts/Asteroid_Terrestrial-impact_Last_Alert_System/Q72tHLVc">ATLAS–MLO</a> that <a href="/facts/Impact_event/fbWu9Q4p">impacted</a> Earth's atmosphere on 22 June 2019 at 21:25 <a href="/facts/Universal_Time/l1FIFGKn">UT</a>. The impact of the <a href="/facts/Bolide/2wftckSU">bolide</a> generated a 5-kiloton-equivalent explosion off the south coast of <a href="/facts/Puerto_Rico/jVStMyG4">Puerto Rico</a> which was detected by <a href="/facts/Infrasound/yCUJSSe3">infrasound</a> detectors. The <a href="/facts/Strewn_field/lNAMx8zY">strewn field</a> would be spread over the <a href="/facts/Caribbean_Sea/RPnJgdse">Caribbean Sea</a>.
</p><p>The <a href="/facts/Apollo_asteroid/Qe6sLlBd">Apollo asteroid</a> was inbound approaching a late July <a href="/facts/Perihelion/VaL6ow9w">perihelion</a> (closest approach to the Sun) when it impacted Earth at 16.1 km/s.
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2019 MO