Overview

• Asteroid 2024 YR4, initially flagged as a potential threat to Earth, now has a 0.001% chance of impact, effectively eliminating the risk for the next century.
• The asteroid's initial impact probability reached a record 3% earlier this month before being downgraded to zero on the Torino scale after further observations.
• Measuring between 40 and 90 meters wide, the asteroid could have caused significant damage had it collided with Earth, potentially devastating a city.
• While the threat to Earth has been ruled out, the probability of the asteroid striking the Moon around December 2032 has increased to 1.7%.
• The asteroid remains under close observation, with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope scheduled to monitor it in March for further trajectory and size analysis.