2021 GW4
is an Apollo near-Earth object roughly in diameter. It was discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey on 8 April 2021. On 12 April 2021 13:01 UTC it passed from the surface of Earth. The uncertainty in the close approach distance was ±30 km.
The Earth approach caused the asteroid to migrate inward and reduced the orbital period by roughly 71 days. As a result of the orbit change, it came to its next perihelion on 6 May 2021.
Meteor scientist Peter Brown and astronomers Jonathan McDowell and Michael Busch agree that the fireball near South Florida at 13 April 2021 2:16 UTC was unrelated to. The unrelated fireball became visible at above sea level and airburst at before entering dark flight and landing in the Atlantic ocean. Thousands of fireballs occur every day.