Feb 7, 2025 · 2024 YR4 was first reported to the Minor Planet Center – the international clearing house for small body positional measurements – by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile on January 27, 2025. ATLAS comprises several telescopes around the world and is managed by the University of Hawaii’s Institute ...

Jan 29, 2025 · NASA analysis of a near-Earth asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, indicates it has a more than 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032 – which also means there is about a 99% chance this asteroid will not impact.

Feb 1, 2025 · CNEOS analysis of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4, which is estimated to be about 40 to 90 meters wide, indicates it has a more than 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032 — which also means there is almost a 99% chance this asteroid will not impact.

1 day ago · Descubrimiento. El informe sobre 2024 YR4 fue notificado por primera vez al Centro de Planetas Menores (el centro internacional de intercambio de información sobre cuerpos celestes pequeños y los datos de medición de sus posiciones) por el Sistema de Última Alerta de Impacto Terrestre de Asteroides (ATLAS, por sus siglas en inglés), un organismo financiado por la NASA, el 27 de enero de ...

Feb 7, 2025 · While still an extremely low possibility, additional observations and analysis of asteroid 2024 YR4 indicate that its impact probability with Earth has increased to a 2.3% chance on Dec. 22, 2032.

2024 YR 4 is an asteroid estimated to be 40 to 90 metres (130 to 300 ft) in diameter that is classified as an Apollo-type (Earth-crossing) near-Earth object. ... NASA assigns a Palermo scale rating of −0.33 to 2024 YR 4, corresponding to an impact …

Jan 29, 2025 · Asteroid 2024 YR4 has an almost 99% chance of safely passing Earth on 22 December 2032, but a possible impact cannot yet be entirely ruled out. The asteroid is estimated to be between 40 m and 100 m wide. It is too early to determine where exactly on Earth a potential impact could occur.

1 day ago · NASA will use the James Webb Space Telescope to gather crucial data on the size of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small chance of striking Earth in 2032. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ...

8 hours ago · A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032.While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock to ...

2 days ago · This image made available by University of Hawaii’s asteroid impact alert system shows the motion of asteroid 2024 YR4 over about one hour, Dec. 27, 2024. (ATLAS / University of Hawaii / NASA via AP)