and An asteroid fears experts A new research says, “It can hit the Earth is no longer on the right path of the planet – but it still has a little chance to hit the moon.
the 2024 yr4 asteroid It is approximately the size of the football field. It was discovered in December 2024, and the NASA Center for Studies of Objects near Earth was then expected a 3 % chance to hit the Earth in 2032. After only a few weeks, that is. An opportunity has been revised By NASA and decreased to only 0.28 %.
More note and analyzes he conducted James Web telescope for space In late March, he confirmed that the asteroid has a semi -zero chance to hit the Earth.
However, the asteroid still has an opportunity to collide directly with the moon, according to the astronomer Andrew Revakkin, science and technology, a new world I mentioned this week. Revakkin, the planetary astronomer at the Johns Hopkins Laboratory for Applied Physics, was a co -author of a report analyzing the telescope notes, which found that there is a chance of 2 % of the asteroid that could hit the moon in 2032.
This image submitted by the virtual telescope project from Italy shows one asteroid exposure for 180 seconds approaching Earth, about 4 million kilometers, Thursday, January 31, 2024. credit: a virtual via AP via Tellet project
This is a small increase of 1.7 % chance It was predicted by NASA In February.
The asteroid will be studied by a web telescope again in May 2025 before it disappears in the outer solar system for the next few years. the James Web telescope for space It is a strong observatory that studies the universe. It can be studied with dims and its data is used by multiple international space agencies.
The effects of the asteroid formed the moon’s surface for billions of years, According to Nasa. They also caused drilling on the floor. The asteroids contacted more contact with the moon and the earth billions of years ago, According to the American Museum of Natural HistoryBut these incidents have shrunk for thousands of years, which led to a “relatively peaceful present.”
It is not clear what will happen if the asteroid of this size is to hit the moon. CBS Bill Harwood News Agency Previously said that If the asteroid hit the Earth, it may have “truly catastrophic effects” but local.
“It will not be the same as the rock that killed the dinosaurs,” said Harwood. “This will not affect the global climate, but it will definitely be a disaster of every percentage. So we all hope that it will not happen.”
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