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Asteroid 2024 YR4's Collision with the Moon Could Create a Flash Visible From Earth, Study Finds
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Asteroid 2024 YR4's collision with the moon could create a flash visible from Earth, study finds
If the building-size asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the moon in December 2032, the impact will produce a bright flash that may be visible to the naked eye, a new study finds.
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The ATLAS system in Chile detected asteroid 2024 YR4 at the end of 2024. With an initially estimated diameter of 55 metres — similar to the height of the Tower of Pisa — and an orbit that regularly crosses the Earth's path, it was classified as "potentially dangerous."The initial calculations placed at more than 3.1% the possibility of colliding with our planet in December 2032, an unprecedented figure that activated international surveillance p…
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