Asteroid lights up sky above English Channel

A tiny asteroid has entered the Earth's ambiance and was seen lighting up the entity supra the English Channel, creating a stunning shooting prima effect.

The 1m (3ft) meteoroid - oregon tiny asteroid - was seen soon earlier 03:00 GMT connected Monday morning.

Social media users, immoderate based successful the southbound of England, shared footage of the stone which has been dubbed Sar2667.

It is conscionable the seventh clip an asteroid interaction has been predicted successful advance.

The European Space Agency tweeted that it was "a motion of the accelerated advancements successful planetary asteroid detection capabilities!"

The bureau earlier said the entity was expected to "safely strike" the earth's ambiance adjacent to the French metropolis of Rouen.

The International Meteor Organization, a Belgium-based non-profit organisation, said the entity would person entered astir 4km (2.5 miles) from the French coast, and would make a "fireball" effect.

The past asteroid predicted to participate the Earth's ambiance successful beforehand was seen successful the entity supra Ontario, Canada successful November past year.