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Astronomers tested Earth's planetary defense system with asteroid 2024 YR4, which reached a Torino scale rating of 3.1% impact risk, prompting international response and detailed observation, ultimately reducing the threat level and demonstrating the effectiveness of current asteroid warning and tracking systems.
NASA has detected asteroid 2024 YR4, which could potentially collide with the Moon, offering a rare scientific opportunity to study impact effects and test planetary defense strategies, though it poses no threat to Earth.
NASA has identified a 4.3% chance that asteroid 2024 YR4, a 'city killer' about 200 feet wide, could collide with the Moon on December 22, 2032. While it poses no direct threat to Earth, a lunar impact could create a large crater and send debris toward Earth, potentially affecting satellites and creating spectacular lunar displays. Ongoing observations aim to refine the asteroid's trajectory and assess the risk, highlighting the importance of planetary defense.
A rare asteroid, 2024 YR4, has a 4.3% chance of colliding with the Moon in 2032, which could create a spectacular impact, produce lunar meteorites, and pose risks to satellites due to ejected debris, prompting planetary defense considerations.
Asteroid 2024 YR4, with a 4% chance of hitting the moon in December 2032, was only detected late due to a blind spot near the sun; ESA's upcoming NEOMIR space telescope aims to improve early detection of such objects, especially from sunward directions, and will help clarify the asteroid's future trajectory, including the potential lunar impact.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's final observation of asteroid 2024 YR4 has slightly increased its estimated chance of hitting the Moon from 3.8% to 4.3%, but it remains no threat to Earth. The data improved the prediction of its future path, and further observations are planned for 2028 when the asteroid returns to the inner solar system.
The James Webb Space Telescope has refined the trajectory of asteroid 2024 YR4, revealing a 4.3% chance it will hit the moon in 2032, up from 3.8%, while confirming no impact risk to Earth in the foreseeable future.