A recent blog post at NASA (here) announces a newly discovered asteroid, named “2024 YR4” that is on a possible collision course with planet earth. NASA’s assessment (here) is there is a 2.4% probability of a collision on Dec 22 2032. Only 8 years away.
Reports (here) estimate the asteroid to be somewhere between 130 ft to 330 ft. This would mean a collision would not destroy planet earth but could cause serious damage.
Any suggestions?
While still an extremely low possibility, additional observations and analysis of asteroid 2024 YR4 indicate that its impact probability with Earth has increased to a 2.3% chance on Dec. 22, 2032.
Reports (here) estimate the asteroid to be somewhere between 130 ft to 330 ft. This would mean a collision would not destroy planet earth but could cause serious damage.
Any suggestions?