How NASA Found 'City Killer' Asteroid’s New Potential Target: the Moon
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How NASA found 'city killer' asteroid’s new potential target: the moon
(KTLA) – Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it might hit the moon. Nexstar's KTLA spoke with Davide Farnocchia, a navigation engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory who works in the agency’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. He shared how scientists tracked the 200-foot-long asteroid’s shifting path, right up until it slipped out of view — for now. “You…
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Read Full ArticleThe 2024 YR4 asteroid, 40-90 metres in diameter, could impact the Moon on December 22, 2032, according to recent NASA estimates and a joint study by Canadian universities in Western Ontario and Athabasca.
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