  Asteroid 2024 BX1 was the eighth asteroid that was discovered shortly before
colliding with the Earth. The associated bolide was recorded by dedicated
instruments of the European Fireball Network and the AllSky7 network on 2024
January 21 at 0:32:38-44 UT. We report a comprehensive analysis of this
instrumentally observed meteorite fall, which occurred as predicted west of
Berlin, Germany. The atmospheric trajectory was quite steep, with an average
slope to the Earth's surface of 75.6 deg. The entry speed was 15.20 km/s. The
heliocentric orbit calculated from the bolide data agrees very well with the
asteroid data. However, the bolide was fainter than expected for a reportedly
meter-sized asteroid. The absolute magnitude reached -14.4, and the entry mass
was estimated to be 140 kg. The recorded bolide spectrum was low in iron, based
on which, the meteorite was expected to be rich in enstatite. The recovered
meteorites, called Ribbeck, were classified as aubrites. The high albedo of
enstatite (E-type) asteroids can explain the size discrepancy. The asteroid was
likely smaller than 0.5 meter and should rather be called a meteoroid. During
the atmospheric entry, the meteoroid severely fragmented into much smaller
pieces already at a height of 55 km under an aerodynamic pressure of 0.12 MPa.
The primary fragments then broke up again, most frequently at heights 39-29 km
(0.9-2.2 MPa). Numerous small meteorites and up to four stones larger than 100g
were expected to land. Within a few days of publication of the location of the
strewn field, dozens of meteorites were found in the area we had predicted.
