Cosmic Close Call: NASA Spotlights Asteroid 2024 YR4 with Potential Impact on Earth in 2032
NASA's ATLAS system has detected asteroid 2024 YR4, a space rock with a size ranging from 130 to 300 feet wide, that harbors a greater than 1% chance of striking Earth on December 22, 2032. With a Torino Scale rating of 3, this asteroid warrants close astronomical surveillance. Potential impact zones stretch across the eastern Pacific, northern South America, the Atlantic, Africa, the Arabian Sea, and South Asia.
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