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2. 2024 YR4 - Wikipedia

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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.

3. An asteroid has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Here’s ...

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   Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

4. List of predicted asteroid impacts on Earth - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as NASA tasked with ...

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   "An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the ESA said a previous statement about 2024 YR4. If the asteroid does ...

6. An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. Here's what ...

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   Dubbed 2024 YR4, the asteroid was first spotted on December 27, 2024, by the El Sauce Observatory in Chile. Based on its brightness, astronomers estimate it is between 130 and 300 feet wide ...

7. List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2024 - Wikipedia

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   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.

8. Odds increase again for small asteroid 20224 YR4 to strike ...

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   The latest calculations show that the asteroid known as "2024 YR4" has an increased chance of striking our planet in Dec. 2032. Odds increase again for small asteroid 20224 YR4 to strike Earth in 2032

9. 2024 MK - Wikipedia

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   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).