NASA updates forecast for asteroid 2024 YR4: new data on threat to Earth
Kyiv • UNN
NASA has reduced the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth to 0.28%. A space body measuring 40-100 meters may approach the planet in December 2032.
NASA has updated its calculations on the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with our planet and reduced it to 0.28%.
Transmits to the UNN with a link to the page of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Nasa first raised and then lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with our planet. Now the probability is close to zero.
Update from February 20: New data collected last night (February 19-20) has reduced the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting in December 2032 to 0.28%. Monitoring is ongoing.
Recall
Global space observers have detected an asteroid measuring 40-100 meters. It was pointed out that the risk of a collision between the space body and the Earth was increasing, with the preliminary date of a possible intersection being December 2032. The risk of collision was about 1.3% (previous month's data). Space agencies are considering options for removing or destroying the object.