Update on April 1 Interstellar Meteor Airburst

2026, April 1. South Atlantic Ocean, 670km east of Argentina. Small Airburst. Polar-IM (Polar Interstellar Meteor). Time: 02:13:14. Coordinates: (41.9S, 54.7W). Altitude: 90.5km. Velocity components: 3.6vx; -34.6vy; 59.8vz. True Velocity: 69.18 km/s. Angle of Entry (from horizontal): 59.81 degrees. Energy: e = 2.4e10, -e = 0.086 or 86,000 kg/TNT. This event was created by an interstellar object. It stands as the highest-confidence interstellar atmospheric impact recorded in the CNEOS database to date. Mass: Roughly 150 kilograms. Diameter: Approximately 0.5 meters (about 1.6 feet wide)—roughly the size of a small washing machine or a large beach ball. Heliocentric Speed 51.73km/s. This is way above the solar escape velocity at Earth's distance (~42.1 km/s), meaning the Sun's gravity couldn't hold it back. Interstellar Excess Speed (30.00 km/s. This is the speed the rock was travelling through deep space before it ever entered the gravitational influence of our solar system. Orbital Inclination 89.4 degrees. It entered our solar system nearly straight down from the "top" of the galactic plane. This was the seventh airburst of the year, calculated by NASA.