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Tokyo
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Londan
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New York
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Chicago
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Detailed explanation-1: -On August 16, 2022 an approximately 70-meter asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere. At 2:02:10 P.M. EDT, the space rock exploded eight miles over Winston-Salem, N.C., with the energy of 10 megatons of TNT. The airburst virtually leveled the city and surrounding area. Casualties were in the thousands.
Detailed explanation-2: -Currently, no impacts are predicted (the single highest probability impact currently listed is 7 m asteroid 2010 RF12, which is due to pass Earth in September 2095 with only a 10% predicted chance of impacting; its size is also small enough that any damage from an impact would be minimal).
Detailed explanation-3: -In brief. On 19 November, asteroid 2022 WJ1 became one of the many small asteroids to strike Earth, but only the sixth we ever saw coming. For the second time this year, humankind predicted an asteroid impact. The 1-m rock caused no harm and burnt up in the sky above Toronto as a striking fireball.