NASA Monitors Asteroid 2024 YR4
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NASA Calls in Webb Telescope to Track Recently Identified Hazardous Asteroid

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.1% chance of impact on December 22, 2032 .
NASA plans to collect additional observations of the space rock using the Webb telescope in March to refine the current estimates.
The space rock is moving away from us and its next close approach won’t be until December 2028 .
NASA deems any asteroid as potentially hazardous if it is between 100 and 165 (30 and 50 meters) in diameter and its orbit brings it within 5 million miles ( 8 million kilometers ) of Earthâs orbit.
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