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Yeah, my understanding was that this size of asteroid was nearly impossible to detect under even ideal conditions, anyway.

It was a few meters in size, so minimal risk to the Earth.

If that's true then why is this interesting at all? Is that 3 meters across at impact or before entering the atmosphere?

> If that's true then why is this interesting at all?

Click bait?

A real mantra of HN. Everything is clickbait once you know the details.

3.3 feet, around 1 meter. Yes, it would had burned up.