© Richard KowalskiAsteroid ZLAF9B2
... taken near my dad's farm between Ottosdal and Hartbeesfontein.Another witness in South Africa described the meteor as very bright, and showing a yellow color.
This space rock had an estimated size of only 10-16 feet (3 to 5 meters) in diameter. If it struck (and sometimes they do, and meteorite pieces are found), it was too small to cause serious damages. In contrast, the impressive meteor seen over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February, 2013 was an estimated 60 feet wide (20 meters). It broke windows in six Russian cities and caused more than 1,500 people to seek medical attention, mostly due to injuries from flying glass. The June 2 asteroid wasn't big enough to do anything like that, but it was big enough to produce a spectacular, very bright meteor.
