Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses significant threat to Earth in 2032, NASA's latest analysis determines
The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, according to the space agency's latest calculations. The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies previously projected a 3% chance of the asteroid striking our planet before lowering the chance to 0.28% last week.
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Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 have reached new highYR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but as astronomers make more observations about its trajectory, the odds of ...
NASA has revised the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth on December 22, 2032, reducing it to 0.28%. There are ...
NASA also stated that the asteroid would be quite distant by April 2025, only to become very faint to be detected by ...
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