An asteroid was spotted at around 3am this morning as it shot across the sky above the English Channel.
Twitter user @KadeFlowers captured footage of the spectacle, sharing his video on Twitter:
Got It! How beautiful! #Sar2667 #Asteroid pic.twitter.com/tpLQkJpcCv
— Kade 🧑🏻🔬🌌 (@KadeFlowers) February 13, 2023
Kade added on Twitter:
"There have been many questions asking if I could hear anything. I did not hear a thing! I am not sure if people in France heard anything, but it was silent over Brighton, South England."
Kade attributed his being able to capture the footage to another Twitter user, Tom Williams "amateur astrophotographer", who alerted his followers to the predicted sighting late on Sunday night:
🚨ATTENTION! A small asteroid is expected to safely impact the French-English channel in ~4 hours time, 03:00:03 UT tomorrow. Object size is around ~1 meter and should appear as bright as the Moon momentarily as it enters the atmosphere. Approx visibility circle posted below. 1/ pic.twitter.com/Ckh5OBsz4l
— Tom Williams (@tw__astro) February 12, 2023