A newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, has a 1.3% chance of colliding with Earth on December 22, 2032. The space rock, estimated to be between 130 and 330 feet in size, is currently the only large asteroid with an impact probability above 1%. While the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) has issued a Potential Impact Warning Notification, experts stress that the asteroid's orbit is still uncertain and a miss is the most likely outcome. Scientists will continue to track YR4 and its potential threat level.
The asteroid, 2024 YR4 , has a tiny chance of striking the blue marble We all know how an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. So whenever one of these lumps of space rock s gets anywhere near us, it’s easy to panic. And there’s a 1.3% chance of exactly this happening. A newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4 , may strike Earth in December 22, 2032, according to Nasa. Just in time for Christmas. The space rock is between 130 feet and 330 feet long, so about the size of Big Ben.
Richard Binzel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who created the Torino scales, says it’ll likely have a rating of one or zero by the time its close shave with Earth happens. Asteroid hunter David Rankin added to Space.com that as much as the asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of colliding with us, there’s no need to panic. ‘People should absolutely not worry about this yet,’ he stressed.
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