One Asteroid According to the latest NASA data, the possibility of hitting the Earth in 2032 is very low.
In recent weeks, NASA was continuously increasing the possibility of strike from asteroid 2024 YR4, on Tuesday (February 18) at 1 or 32, or 1, or A 3.1% chanceHowever, the Space Agency on Wednesday (19 February) Half to reduce more possibilities Up to 1.5%.
Adds are likely to change again because astronomers know more about YRR4’s trajectory, but they expect the possibility End at 0% Once the trajectory of the space rock is confirmed.
The estimated diameter of the YR4 is about 180 feet (55 m) – this estimate is slightly ups and down, but the asteroid is almost as wide as the tilting tower of the ground is tall. YRR4 has the ability to release about 8 megatons energy in strike positions – 500 times more energy than atomic bombs. Destroy Hiroshima In Japan. This means that it is quite big Wipe a major city But human civilization is too small to end.
A small chance that YRR4 Move the moon Instead of the Earth, but it will almost certainly take both in the past when it creates its nearest approach to the Earth in 2032.
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According to NASA, the asteroid terrestrial-affect in Chile was recorded on December 27, 2024 asteroid 2024 YR4. Center for Close Earth Object StudyBy January, scientists had determined that YR4 had more than 1% chance of killing Earth and thus attracted further attention from scientists.
With possibilities above 1%, YRR4 also reached level 3 Torino Effect Danger PaimanaThe scale enables scientists to classify the risk generated by space rocks. Level 3 is reserved for asteroids and comets that are capable of localized destruction, but it is expected to be handed over later by level 0 – which means they are not a threat – once astronomers confirmed that they confirmed that they Will not kill the earth.
An international team of scientists has been given Emergency use of James Web Space TelescopeTo assess the risk of YR4, humanity’s most powerful space telescope. As more observations occur over the next few months, astronomers should be more confident that YR4 is no threat to the Earth, and we will see the danger levels falling to zero.
