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Earth, Asteroid and 2024 YR4
Astronomers Are Keeping an Eye on This Asteroid’s Odds of Hitting Earth
Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December 2032.
Newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032. How worried should you be?
YR4 was first discovered in December last year by a telescope in Chile. The near-Earth asteroid is as big as a football field, measuring 40 to 100 metres across.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses 1.2% collision risk with Earth in 2032
2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27 last year through the ATLAS telescope in Chile. The probability of this asteroid colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, has been calculated to be 1.2%.
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Could asteroid 2024 YR4 collide with Earth in 2032? Experts weigh in
Astronomers are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a slim 1.2% chance of colliding with Earth on December 22, 2032.
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Newly detected near-Earth asteroid has astronomers’ full attention
The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.
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Chilling graphic shows ‘Christmas asteroid’ the size of a football pitch on ‘possible’ trajectory to HIT Earth in 7yrs
A CHILLING graphic shows how an asteroid the size of a football pitch is on course to smash into Earth at Christmas time in ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 Is Level 3 On The Torino Scale, With A Very Close Approach In 2032. That's Not Great
An asteroid discovered in 2024 has been placed at level 3 on the Torino impact scale, with a small chance of impact with ...
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Asteroid ‘could head for Earth’, researchers say, but when and where could it strike?
Asteroid estimated to have a one in 83 chance of colliding with Earth about 2032 after being spotted in December ...
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‘It deserves attention’: Asteroid has a shot of hitting our planet
According to Science Magazine, scientists have explained that even if the asteroid were to hit, the affected area would span about 800 square miles, meaning it’s more likely to hit a remote area.
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An asteroid is heading for Earth - but you'll have to wait a while to find out if we're gonna get hit
The 60-metre object has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever’, says astronomer ...
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