Jan 27, 2025 · 2024 YR 4 is an asteroid between 40 and 100 metres (130 and 330 ft) in diameter, classified as an Apollo-type (Earth-crossing) near-Earth object.It was discovered by the Chilean station of the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on 27 December 2024. [2] [1] As of 3 February 2025, 2024 YR 4 was rated 3 on the Torino scale with a 1 in 67 (1.5%) chance of impacting Earth on 22 ...

5 days ago · 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. Such initial analysis will change over time as more observations are gathered. ... Asteroid 2024 YR4 was first reported on Dec. 27 ...

5 days ago · 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 · Experts recently identified asteroid 2024 YR4, spotted on December 27, 2024, and they note a small chance of it impacting Earth on December 22, 2032. It ranges from about 130 feet to 330 feet across, enough to cause severe harm to one region if it collides with our planet.

Jan 27, 2025 · Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 swept into the view of the ATLAS asteroid impact early warning system – with telescopes in Hawaii, Chile and South Africa ...

1 day ago · On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is on a path that might lead to a collision with our planet on 22 December 2032. In other words, the ...

5 days ago · An artist’s impression of an asteroid. Newly discovered 2024 YR4 has an almost 99 percent chance of safely passing Earth in 2032. Credit... ESA-Science Office

4 days ago · The near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4, as seen by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in January 2025, shortly after the object was discovered in December 2024. As of January 29 ...

1 day ago · The probability that the asteroid, called 2024 YR4 may impact Earth on 22 December 2032 is currently estimated to be 1.3%. Dr Robert Massey of the Royal Astronomical Society, says that he is "not ...

4 days ago · A large asteroid could pass close enough to Earth within the next decade that there's a chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA. The space rock, named 2024 YR4, is between 130 feet ...