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Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. ... in diameter and marked the last known large asteroid to hit our world. Planet killer asteroids are space rocks that ... “Thanks to ...
99942 Apophis (provisional designation 2004 MN 4) is a near-Earth asteroid and a potentially hazardous object, 450 metres (1,480 ft) by 170 metres (560 ft) in size, [3] that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 when initial observations indicated a probability of 2.7% that it would hit Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029.
Characterized as a potential "city-killer," the asteroid was first detected in December and its odds of impacting our planet ... The yellow dots show the position uncertainty of asteroid 2024 YR4 ...
2024 MK is a near-Earth object with a diameter around 150 meters that flew past Earth on June 29, 2024. [1] It was discovered by ATLAS South Africa, Sutherland on 16 June 2024. [2] This asteroid travels in both the main-belt and in the near-Earth region. It passed Earth on 29 June 2024 at a distance of 184,000 miles (295,000 kilometers).
Asteroid Perigee Date in 2024 2009 JV 1: 0.0571 AU (19.21 LD) January 5 2021 BL 3: 0.0441 AU (17.16 LD) ... 17 September 2024 2022 YO 1: 0.014 AU: December See also.
The asteroid 2024 YR4 is now rated at Level 3 out of 10 on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, ... "City killer" category. The most infamous asteroid impact occurred 66 million years ago, when a six ...
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 ...
2024 RW 1, previously known under its provisional designation CAQTDL2, [5] was a 1-meter-sized asteroid or meteoroid that struck the Earth's atmosphere and burned up harmlessly on September 5, 2024, at around 12:40 a.m. PHT (September 4, 16:40 UTC) above the western Pacific Ocean near Cagayan, Philippines.