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 2 February 2025, 2024 YR 4 was rated 3 on the Torino scale with a 1 in 71 (1.4%) chance of impacting Earth on 22 ...

4 days ago · Shortly after its discovery, automated asteroid warning systems determined that the object had a very small chance of potentially impacting Earth on 22 December 2032. 2024 YR4 is estimated to be between 40 m and 100 m wide. An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region.

6 days ago · Asteroid 2024 YR4 swept into the view of the ATLAS asteroid impact early warning system – with telescopes in Hawaii, Chile and South Africa – on December 25, 2024. As of January 27, 2025, the ...

4 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. ... Just after Christmas Day, astronomers spotted something ...

2 hours ago · Which brings us to our latest contender – asteroid 2024 YR4. The 1-in-77 chance of collision to watch. 2024 YR4 has been under close observation by astronomers for a little over a month. It was discovered just a few days after making a relatively close approach to our planet, and it is now receding into the dark depths of the Solar system. By ...

4 days ago · Asteroid 2024 YR4 was first reported on Dec. 27, 2024, to the Minor Planet Center– the international clearing house for small-body positional measurements – by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System station in Chile. The asteroid, which is estimated to be about 130 to 300 feet wide, caught astronomers’ attention ...

16 hours ago · Astronomers have identified asteroid 2024 YR4, which may collide with Earth on December 22, 2032, with a 1-in-77 chance of impact. The asteroid's size is estimated between 40 and 100 meters ...

2 days ago · Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid has a 1.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, ... If 2024 YR4 disappears from view before space agencies can entirely rule out any chance of impact, the ...

3 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 ...

3 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 ...