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NASA updates risk assessment for potentially hazardous asteroid

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The asteroid 2024 YR4 has been detected and is considered to be the most threatening space rock ever recorded by modern forecasting. Its estimated size is between 40-90 meters in width, and it has a 3.1% chance of striking Earth in 2032, although this probability is expected to fluctuate before ultimately dropping to zero. The James Webb Space Telescope will be observing the asteroid next month, and astronomers emphasize that even in the unlikely event of a direct hit, Earth would not be defenseless.

  1. FR
    Richard Moissl
    European Space Agency
    1. This is not a crisis at this point in time. This is not the dinosaur killer. This is not the planet killer. This is at most dangerous for a city.
    2. Seven and a half years is a long time to prepare.
  2. US
    Bruce Betts
    Planetary Society
    1. Webb is able to see things that are very, very dim.

sources

  1. 1.CNA News
  2. 2.France 24
  3. 3.South China Morning Post
  4. 4.Agence France-Presse
  5. 5.New Scientist

perspectives

  1. 1.Natural Disasters
  2. 2.Aerospace Industry
  3. 3.US space industry
  4. 4.Space Race
  5. 5.Astronomy
  6. 6.Japanese space industry
  7. 7.Asteroids

countries

  1. 1.ChileCL
  2. 2.FranceFR
  3. 3.MauritiusMU

organizations

  1. 1.National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationUS
  2. 2.Planetary Defense Coordination Office
  3. 3.European Space Agency
  4. 4.International Asteroid Warning Network

persons

  1. 1.Bruce BettsUS
  2. 2.Melissa Morris
  3. 3.Richard Witherspoon

technicals

  1. 1.Dimorphos
  2. 2.James Webb Space Telescope
  3. 3.Lucy
  4. 4.Perseus
  5. 5.Armageddon
  6. 6.Jupiter
  7. 7.Pacific Ocean
  8. 8.2024 YR4
NASA updates risk assessment for potentially hazardous asteroid