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The asteroid's provisional designation as a minor planet, "2024 YR 4", was assigned by the Minor Planet Center when its discovery was announced on 27 December 2024. [2] The first letter, "Y", indicates that the asteroid was discovered in the second half-month of December 2024 (16 to 31 December), and "R 4" indicates that it was the 117th provisional designation to be assigned in that half-month.
The asteroid making so much news today ranks as a three, representing “a chance of collision capable of localized destruction.” Read More : NASA’s New, $4 Billion Space Telescope Will ...
The asteroid with the greatest chance of impacting Earth in 2025 is 2009 VA (6-meters in diameter) with less than a 1-day observation arc. [8] It has a 1:48,000 chance of impact on 06 November 2023, but is expected to be around 0.3 AU (45 million km ) from Earth on that date with uncertainty region of ± 900 million km. [ 10 ]
It was the most powerful asteroid strike in more than 100 years, and left around 1,500 people injured as well as causing significant damage to buildings and blowing out windows. Show comments ...
Asteroid designation Date of impact Location of impact Method of detection Estimated size Reference 2008 TC 3: October 7, 2008: Nubian Desert in Sudan: visual, weather satellite, meteorite recovery: 4 m (13 ft) JPL · MPC · [1] 2014 AA: January 2, 2014: Central Atlantic Ocean: infrasound: 2–4 m (6.6–13.1 ft) JPL · MPC · [2] 2018 LA: June ...
An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...
2018 AH, largest asteroid to pass so close to Earth since 1971 on 2018-01-02. A106fgF, a 2–5 m asteroid which either passed extremely close or impacted Earth on 2018-01-22. 2018 RC, near earth asteroid on 2018-09-03 (notable because it was discovered more than a day prior to closest approach on 2018-09-09). [44]
The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking Earth eight years from now. Key facts about asteroid that could hit Earth ...