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The Charlottetown meteorite was a meteorite fall observed on July 25, 2024. It is notable as the first meteorite known with video and audio of the impact recorded and as the only known meteorite fall in Prince Edward Island, Canada. [2] The Charlottetown meteorite is classified as H5 ordinary chondrite. [1]
2024 YR 4 is an asteroid with an estimated diameter of 40 to 90 metres (130 to 300 ft) that is classified as an Apollo-type (Earth-crossing) near-Earth object.From 27 January to 20 February 2025, it had an impact rating of 3 on the Torino scale, with a maximum estimated probability of 3.1% that it would impact Earth on 22 December 2032.
According to Nasa's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, Asteroid 2024 YR4 has fallen off the Torino scale after recent observations. The impact probability dropped to 0.0017% or 1-in-59,000 odds ...
As of December 2024, all of the asteroids with predicted impacts were under 10 m (33 ft) in size that were discovered just hours before impact, and burned up in the atmosphere as meteors. Asteroid designation
The asteroid 2024 YR4 is now rated at Level 0 out of 10 on the Torino ... that there was still a 1.7% chance that 2024 YR4 would impact the Moon on Dec. 22, 2032. ... meteors and meteorites ...
Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032, according to the European Space Agency. The risk assessment has increased from a chance of 1.2% over the ...
The fastest asteroid to pass within 1 LD of Earth in 2024 was 2024 CH 4 that passed Earth with a velocity with respect to Earth of 24.01 km/s (53,700 mph), [4] while the slowest bypass within lunar distance was that of 2024 VO at a velocity with respect to Earth of 3.08 km/s (6,900 mph).
The European Space Agency in January placed the asteroid's odds of hitting Earth at roughly 1%, before NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory estimated the risk was more like 1.6% at the tail end of the ...