Shocking! This asteroid CRASHED into Earth, says NASA; Check asteroid impact site - HT Tech

What's shocking is that this 3-foot asteroid was detected just 3.5 hours before impact.

NASA's Scout impact hazard assessment system calculated the asteroid's trajectory and possible impact sites by analyzing the data.

Shantanu Naidu, navigation engineer and Scout operator at JPL said in a NASA JPL blog, “Small objects such as this one can only be detected when they are very close to Earth, so if they are headed for an impact, time is of the essence to collect as many observations as possible.”.

“This object was discovered early enough that the planetary defense community could provide more observations, which Scout then used to confirm the impact and predict where and when the asteroid was going to hit,” he added further.