| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | V. F. Carvajal |
| Discovery site | Kitt Peak – Bok (V00) |
| Discovery date | 3 December 2024 |
| Designations | |
| 2024 XA1 | |
| C0WEPC5 | |
| NEO · Apollo | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 3 December 2024 (JD 2460647.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 2 | |
| Observation arc | 9 h (540 min) |
| Aphelion | 2.541 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.852 AU |
| 1.696 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.4977 |
| 2.21 yr (807 d) | |
| 349.188° | |
| 0° 26m 45.795s / day | |
| Inclination | 0.108° |
| 72.255° | |
| 53.100° | |
| Earth MOID | 3.27716×10−5 AU (4.90256×103 km) |
| Physical characteristics[2][3] | |
| ~0.7 m (2.3 ft) | |
| 32.974±0.476 | |
2024 XA1, 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, around 1,000 kilometers east of the Tunguska event impact location.[4][5] It is the eleventh impact event ever that was successfully predicted, and the fourth in 2024. The impact was witnessed by many people across the Yakutia region of Siberia.[6]
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