1 day ago · What do we know? Near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered on 27 December 2024 at the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile.. Shortly after its discovery, automated asteroid warning systems determined that the object had a very small chance of potentially impacting Earth on 22 December 2032. 2024 YR4 is estimated to be between 40 m and 100 m wide.

6 hours ago · On December 27, 2024, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, detected a hunk of space rock approximately 828,800 kilometers (515,000 miles) from ...

1 day ago · First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to 330 feet (40 to 100 meters) across. Scientists are keeping close watch on the space rock, which is currently heading away from Earth. As the asteroid’s path around the sun becomes better understood, Chodas and others ...

1 day ago · The asteroid has been spotted several years ahead of its close shave with Earth — and that’s a good thing. ... Its telescope in Chile found 2024 YR4 on Dec. 27, just two days after a close ...

6 hours ago · In the meantime, international astronomers will attempt to study the asteroid with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile and other telescopes to gather more data and determine 2024 YR4’s risk to Earth. ESA said the asteroid is likely to remain on the risk list until it is visible again in 2028.

1 day ago · A recent discovery by NASA showed that a near-Earth asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, can collide on Earth with more than 1% chance. On Dec. 27, 2024, the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System station in Chile Vaishali Shastri Updated : Jan 30, 2025, 06:15 AM IST A recent discovery ...

3 days ago · Asteroid 2024 YR4 was initially found by a NASA-funded project called ATLAS, using the project's telescope located in Rio Hurtado, Chile. Rankin was then able to recover the asteroid from data ...

1 day ago · First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, a near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to 330 feet across.

1 day ago · An asteroid up to 100 metres wide has a 1-in-83 chance of impacting Earth on 22 December 2032. ... was first detected on 27 December 2024 by an automated telescope in Chile that scans for ...

Monturaqui is an impact crater in Chile. It lies south of the Salar de Atacama and was formed 663,000 ± 90,000 years ago by the impact of an IAB meteorite. It is 350 m × 370 m (1,150 ft × 1,210 ft) wide and 34 m (112 ft) deep and contains a salt pan.