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Astronomers from the Catalina Sky Survey spotted a 3-foot -wide asteroid just hours before it hit Earth .
Asteroids the size of 2024 RW1 enter Earth 's atmosphere once every two weeks on average, but astronomers rarely see them coming due to their diminutive size.
Asteroid broke apart at around 12:46 p.m. ET ( 0:46 a.m. , Sept. 5 ) above the western Pacific Ocean near Luzon Island in the Philippines .
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