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Space object heads toward Earth’s atmosphere and is expected to disintegrate over Australia

From El Universal · () Spanish

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  • NASA expects a natural object measuring between 0.5 and 1.5 meters to enter Earth’s atmosphere northwest of Australia on September 6, 2026, at about 12:14 p.m.
  • NASA alerts said the object does not pose a real danger.
  • The object was reported by the Catalina Sky Survey after earlier detections by Pan-STARRS, and JPL calculated its trajectory and expected impact location.

A natural space object between 0.5 and 1.5 meters wide is expected to enter Earth’s atmosphere northwest of Australia on Sunday, September 6, 2026, at about 12:14 p.m.

NASA’s space alerts said the object is expected to disintegrate and does not represent a real danger. The object was reported to the Minor Planet Center by the Catalina Sky Survey, following earlier detections by Pan-STARRS and the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory calculated the object’s trajectory and expected impact location. The work was funded by NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office.

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