US EditionAsteroid 2024 YR4's Earth Impact Risk Rises to 2.3% for 2032
- NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies reports that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 2.3% chance of colliding with Earth in 2032, increased from 1.3% in December.
- The asteroid is expected to approach Earth on December 22, 2032, with a 1-in-43 chance of impact.
- Asteroid 2024 YR4 is rated a three on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, indicating a moderate risk level.
- Astronomers believe the asteroid is more likely to pass harmlessly by Earth and will continue to refine predictions.
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The celestial body, with an estimated diameter of 40 meters to 90 meters, would have about 2% chance of colliding with our planet. A risk sufficient to study it closely and consider strategies.
·Paris, France
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NASA's high-tech instrument, the James Webb Space Telescope, has been directed to observe one of the most dangerous asteroids. A celestial body with the catalog designation 2024 YR4 could crash into Earth with a 2.3% chance, so it is considered a potentially dangerous object.
·Budapest, Hungary
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