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The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more observations are made. ... — NASA Asteroid Watch (@AsteroidWatch) ...
When the detection of the asteroid was announced last month, NASA predicted just a 1.3% probability of it hitting Earth. ... — NASA Asteroid Watch (@AsteroidWatch) February 7, 2025.
The asteroid, called 2024 YR4, now has a 1.5% probability of hitting earth in 2032, according to NASA — and international agencies are feverishly working together to track the space rock and ...
2024 YR 4 is an asteroid that is classified as an Apollo-type (Earth-crossing) near-Earth object, with an estimated diameter of 40 to 90 metres (130 to 300 ft).As of 21 February 2025, it has a rating of 1 on the Torino scale, with a 1-in-280 (0.36%) chance of impacting Earth on 22 December 2032, [7] and a rating of −1.11 on the Palermo scale, corresponding to an impact hazard 7.8% of the ...
Watch live as a Nasa spacecraft returns to Earth with the largest asteroid sample in history on Sunday 24 September. After a seven-year, four-billion-mile journey across space, the ambitious NASA ...
An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.28% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — though at one point earlier its estimate reached as high as 3.1% ...
Trajectory of 2004 FH in the Earth–Moon system Goldstone radar images of asteroid 2007 PA 8 's Earth flyby in 2012. This is a list of examples where an asteroid or meteoroid travels close to the Earth. Some are regarded as potentially hazardous objects if they are estimated to be large enough to cause regional devastation.
Asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2024 include: Asteroid Perigee Date in 2024 2009 JV 1: 0.0571 AU (19.21 LD) January 5 2021 BL 3: 0.0441 AU (17.16 LD) January 23 [1]