Asteroid 2024 YR4 Latest News
Recently, NASA has officially ruled out the possibility of asteroid 2024 YR4 asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with the moon in 2032.
About Asteroid 2024 YR4
- It is classified as an Apollo-type asteroid, meaning its orbit crosses Earth’s orbit but spends most of its time beyond it.
- Origin: The study reveals YR4 is a solid, stony type that likely originated from an asteroid family in the central Main Belt between Mars and Jupiter,
- It was discovered in 2024, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile.
- The Y in the asteroid’s name indicates that it was discovered in the last half of December.
- The R4 indicates that it was the 117th asteroid found in that period.
Features of Asteroid 2024 YR4
- It is a near Earth asteroid.
- Size: It is somewhere between 174 to 220 feet (53 to 67 meters) in diameter.
- It has an orbital period of 4.011 years, or 1,468 days.
- The asteroid’s rotation period is 19.46 minutes.
- Type: It is most likely an S-type asteroid, which means that it is probably made up primarily of silicates and nickel-iron.
Source: TH
Last updated on March, 2026
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