{"id":141203,"date":"2025-04-08T01:47:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T18:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=141203"},"modified":"2025-04-08T01:47:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T18:47:50","slug":"chances-asteroid-2024-yr4-will-hit-moon-increase-but-earth-remains-in-the-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=141203","title":{"rendered":"Chances Asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Moon increase but Earth remains in the clear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-widget-type=\"embed\" data-video-id=\"fmc-u83ihz7xxug3a9a6\" class=\"m video-player\"><a href=\"\" class=\"video-link\"><span class=\"overlay\"\/> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38001041031\/320\/179\/6otpnuggm0wrreli.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38001041031\/640\/358\/6otpnuggm0wrreli.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38001041031\/768\/432\/6otpnuggm0wrreli.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38001041031\/1536\/864\/6otpnuggm0wrreli.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1984\" height=\"1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38001041031\/992\/558\/6otpnuggm0wrreli.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38001041031\/1984\/1116\/6otpnuggm0wrreli.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38001041031\/992\/558\/6otpnuggm0wrreli.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"FEBRUARY 2025 VIDEO: A NASA asteroid tracker explains how scientists are calculating the risk to Earth from asteroid 2024 YR4.\u00a0\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a> <!----><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">FEBRUARY 2025 VIDEO: A NASA asteroid tracker explains how scientists are calculating the risk to Earth from asteroid 2024 YR4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">An asteroid that set off a global effort to determine if it would impact Earth in 2032 is no longer a threat to our planet. However, chances of a hit to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moon<\/a> are increasing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in R\u00edo Hurtado,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/south-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chile<\/a>. Since its discovery, the asteroid has warranted international attention, jumping to the highest asteroid threat on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/newly-discovered-asteroid-impact-not-ruled-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Torino Impact Hazard Scale<\/a>. In February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/chances-asteroid-2024-yr4-hitting-earth-dropped\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new ground-based observations dropped those chances of an Earth impact<\/a> enough that asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer considered a threat.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/chances-asteroid-2024-yr4-hitting-earth-dropped\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WHY CHANCES OF ASTEROID 2024 YR4 HITTING EARTH JUST DROPPED BY MORE THAN HALF<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">In March, the powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/webb-space-telescope-stellar-dust-stars-universe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Webb Space Telescope<\/a> observed this newly discovered space rock using infrared imaging to reduce the uncertainty about its size, which was estimated to be between 130 and 300 feet. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a>, the asteroid is between 174 and 220 feet, or about the size of a 10-story building. Determining its size was key to updating the asteroid&#8217;s protected orbit in relation to Earth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/288\/162\/screenshot-2025-04-07-at-10.17.42-am.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/576\/324\/screenshot-2025-04-07-at-10.17.42-am.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/720\/405\/screenshot-2025-04-07-at-10.17.42-am.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1440\/810\/screenshot-2025-04-07-at-10.17.42-am.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/668\/376\/screenshot-2025-04-07-at-10.17.42-am.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1336\/752\/screenshot-2025-04-07-at-10.17.42-am.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/668\/376\/screenshot-2025-04-07-at-10.17.42-am.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Graphic of the possible locations \u2013 represented by yellow points \u2013 of asteroid 2024 YR4 on Dec. 22, 2032, as of Apr. 2, 2025.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Graphic of the possible locations \u2013 represented by yellow points \u2013 of asteroid 2024 YR4 on Dec. 22, 2032, as of Apr. 2, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (NASA JPL\/CNEOS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">While chances of an Earth impact have dropped significantly, the possibility of a Moon hit has doubled since 2024 YR4&#8217;s discovery. In February, the Moon had about a 1.7% chance of an impact from this object. Currently, those odds are up to 3.8%.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;There is still a 96.2% chance that the asteroid will miss the Moon,&#8221; NASA wrote in a blog. &#8220;In the small chance that the asteroid were to impact, it would not alter the Moon\u2019s orbit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Because of its orbit, the asteroid will fade from Earth\u2019s view over the next few months and won&#8217;t become visible again until 2028, but space-based telescopes can still be our eyes in the sky to track 2024 YR4. NASA said the James Webb Space Telescope will complete additional observations of 2024 YR4 later this month and in May, adding new data to this interesting cosmic challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Asteroid 2024 YR4 holds the record for the highest Earth impact probability for an asteroid larger than 30 meters (90 feet). The last record holder was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/nasa-spacecraft-new-mission-asteroid-apophis-near-earth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asteroid Apophis<\/a>\u00a0in 2004, which briefly had a 2.7% chance of impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/chances-asteroid-2024-yr4-moon-hit\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FEBRUARY 2025 VIDEO: A NASA asteroid tracker explains how scientists are calculating the risk to Earth from asteroid 2024 YR4.\u00a0 An asteroid that set off a global effort to determine &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=141203\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9472],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weather","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}