The researchers then plugged their figures into astronomy software developed by the US Naval Observatory.

    The results suggest the meteor belongs to a well known family of space rocks - known as the Apollo asteroids - that cross Earth's orbit.

A common class of asteroid that comes from the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter in our solar system.

BrainBurner:

I think the most fascinating part of this story is that the team of scientists used amateur footage to calculate their findings. What a world we live in!


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