ASTEROID 2024 YR4 WILL SAFELY PASS MOON IN 2032: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY

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The asteroid 2024 YR4 discovered at the end of 2024 was initially considered a potential danger to the Earth. Later it was said that the 60-meter-sized chunk could hit the moon in 2032. Now astronomers: inside give warning for both celestial bodies.read more on t3n.de

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Each week, astronomers spot asteroids passing by the Earth. Most remain harmless, but some require precise follow-up. This work involves the teams of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, as well as the European Space Agency's Space Safety program. Early in 2025, their calculations drew attention to the 2024 YR4 asteroid, a rocky block of about 60 meters discovered by the ATLAS system. The first …

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Asteroid 2024 YR4, the already discarded risk of impact in 2032 and a meteorite that fell in a German house serve as a starting point for Alberto Apparici to explain in More than one how planetary defense works. Together with Carlos Alsina and Begoña Gómez de la Fuente, the physicist talks with researcher Julia de León, of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, about how asteroids potentially dangerous to the Earth are detected and can be div…

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Following forecasts that the natural satellite would meet the 2024 YR4 trajectory, an ESA investigation revealed the final direction of the asteroid.