{"id":47794,"date":"2026-03-12T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=47794"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:56:08","slug":"asteroid-yr4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/asteroid-yr4\/","title":{"rendered":"Asteroid 2024 YR4"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Asteroid 2024 YR4 Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, NASA has officially ruled out the possibility of asteroid 2024 YR4 asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with the moon in 2032.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Asteroid 2024 YR4<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is classified as an <\/span><b>Apollo-type asteroid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, meaning its orbit crosses Earth&#8217;s orbit but spends most of its time beyond it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Origin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The study reveals YR4 is a solid, stony type that likely originated from an asteroid family in the <\/span><b>central Main Belt between Mars and Jupiter,<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>discovered in 2024,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/asteroid-terrestrial-impact-last-alert-system-atlas\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (ATLAS) telescope in Chile.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Y in the asteroid\u2019s name indicates that it was discovered in the last half of December.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The R4 indicates that it was the 117th asteroid found in that period.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Asteroid 2024 YR4<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>near Earth asteroid.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Size: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">somewhere between 174 to 220 feet (53 to 67 meters) in diameter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has an orbital period of 4.011 years, or 1,468 days.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The asteroid\u2019s rotation period is 19.46 minutes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Type:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is most likely <\/span><b>an S-type asteroid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which means that it is probably made up primarily of silicates and nickel-iron.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/asteroid-yr4-will-miss-the-moon-too-nasa-says\/article70725267.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asteroid 2024 YR4 is classified as an Apollo-type asteroid, meaning its orbit crosses Earth&#8217;s orbit but spends most of its time beyond it. 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