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2024 YR 4 is an asteroid with an estimated diameter of 40 to 90 metres (130 to 300 ft) that is classified as an Apollo-type (Earth-crossing) near-Earth object.From 27 January to 20 February 2025, it had an impact rating of 3 on the Torino scale, with a maximum estimated probability of 3.1% that it would impact Earth on 22 December 2032.
The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth in 2032 hit a record high. ... But both percentages rise above the 2.7% chance of collision once associated with an asteroid discovered in ...
The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4’s odds of colliding with Earth in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, thanks to new observations of the space rock.
The asteroid 2024 YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032. Odds of "city-killer" asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 rise, then ...
Update: The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in 2032 have fallen to 1.5%, NASA announced Wednesday. Read the latest. The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will ...
The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth has jumped from more than 1% to 3% and back down to 1.5%. ... They have until early April to track the asteroid's possible collision course and future ...
The fastest asteroid to pass within 1 LD of Earth in 2024 was 2024 CH 4 that passed Earth with a velocity with respect to Earth of 24.01 km/s (53,700 mph), [4] while the slowest bypass within lunar distance was that of 2024 VO at a velocity with respect to Earth of 3.08 km/s (6,900 mph). [5]
NASA’s latest estimate for the asteroid, known as 2024 YR4, is that it has just a 0.28% probability of striking Earth — about a 1 in 360 chance. But the agency had put the probability at 1.5% ...