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2024 YR4 is a risk-listed near-Earth object that has a 0.00067% percent chance of hitting Earth on the 22nd of December, 2047. The asteroid is about 40-90 meters in diameter, and if it were to hit Earth, it would destroy a whole city, and be similar to the Tunguska event.

Discovery[]

2024 YR4 was discovered on December 27th, 2024, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). When it was discovered, it was doomed to hit Earth and cause damage to a large city, but soon enough, it fell down below Apophis' rank.

Risk[]

The risk has to be 0.00078% by around December 22, 2047.

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