28 April 2021
Fragment of asteroid 2018 LA recovered in Central Kalahari Game Reserve in central Botswana.
(Image credit: SETI institute)
A small asteroid barreled through the sky and burned up over the Kalahari Desert of Botswana in the summer of 2018 and now, scientists suspect that the space rock originated from Vesta, the second largest asteroid in the
The small
asteroid, named 2018 LA, was first observed through a telescope at the University of Arizona s Catalina Sky Survey and looked like a speck of light whizzing through the stars, This is only the second time we have spotted an asteroid in space before it hit
26 April 2021
Fragment of asteroid 2018 LA recovered in Central Kalahari Game Reserve in central Botswana.
(Image credit: SETI Institute)
A small asteroid barreled through the sky and burned up over the Kalahari Desert of Botswana in the summer of 2018 and now, scientists suspect that the space rock originated from Vesta, the second largest asteroid in the
The small
asteroid, named 2018 LA, was first observed through a telescope at the University of Arizona s Catalina Sky Survey and looked like a speck of light whizzing through the stars, This is only the second time we have spotted an asteroid in space before it hit
space rock originated from the
asteroid belt.
Scientists estimate the asteroid s journey across the solar system took nearly 23 million years.
In the early hours of June 2, 2018, astronomers at the University of Arizona saw a faint dot of light moving across the sky.
It was an asteroid, which loomed larger and larger as it approached Earth. A few hours later, the 6-foot-wide space rock - named 2018 LA - caught fire as it roared through the atmosphere at a blistering 38,000 miles per hour. It broke into tiny fragments that rained down across Botswana.
A group of researchers raced to the end of that fireball s path to hunt for the rare fragments, since they held clues about the asteroid s origins.
The researchers say the “self-view” display may be to blame for that exhausted feeling after a day of back-to-back online meetings.
The research shows that overall, one in seven women 13.8% compared with one in 20 men 5.5% reported feeling “very” to “extremely” fatigued after Zoom calls.
These new findings build on a paper the same researchers recently published in the journal
Technology, Mind and Behavior that explored why people might feel exhausted following video conference calls. Now, they have the data to show who is feeling the strain. For their follow-up study, the researchers surveyed 10,322 participants in February and March using their “Zoom Exhaustion and Fatigue Scale” to better understand the individual differences of burnout from the extended use of video conferencing technologies during the past year.
Once upon a time a small asteroid broke off of its parent space rock – and smashed into Earth 23 million years later as. Now, scientists know where it originated - from Vesta, the second-largest asteroid in our solar system.