Asteroid 2024 YR4 now unlikely to hit Earth — but scientists are ready for future threats
New calculations indicate that the asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is now much less likely to hit Earth than earlier measurements had suggested. Late on 19 February, telescope observations of the object revised down the estimated chance of impact in 2032 from 3.1% — the greatest such threat ever recorded — to a still-worrying 1.5%.
The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ... Pan-STARRS is currently part of the effort to follow 2024 YR4’s movements. “Hawaiʻi’s telescopes are some of the most important ...
Science experts have listed potential impact locations for asteroid 2024 YR4, which has been given a 1-in-83 chance of ...
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