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Scientists discovered the trajectory of an asteroid, long before it hit the Arctic Ocean.

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Some said it was the size of a stepladder. Others said it was more like half the size of a giraffe. Either way, on March 11, 2022 at 21:22 TUC a tiny asteroid struck the ocean 300 miles/470 kilometers off Norway’s Jan Mayen Island.

Did the 6 1/2 feet/2 meters-wide asteroid—about the size of a grand piano and officially called 2022 EB5—slip through the surveillance net?

No, says NASA, who claims its discovery a mere two hours before it struck the Artic Ocean marks the fifth time that any asteroid has been observed before impacting into the atmosphere.

Asteroid 2022 EB5 was observed 14 times during 40 minutes by K. Sarneczky at the Piszkéstető Observatory in northern Hungary, who reported it to the Minor Planet Center.

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