On Jan. 29, the chances of this asteroid (named 2024 YR4) striking our planet on ... looking out for parts of the cosmic map where they can mark “here be dragons” — in this case, potentially ...

German amateur astronomer Daniel Bamberger plotted its impact risk corridor across the map. The narrow impact risk corridor for asteroid 2024 YR4. (Daniel Bamberger/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0 ...

A predicted close encounter with asteroid 2024 ... uncertainties in 2024 YR4's orbit, and the rotation of the Earth during the window of impact, German amateur astronomer Daniel Bamberger plotted its ...

With an estimated diameter of up to 300 feet (90 metres), the asteroid ... the map by the size of the shockwave. However, these estimates are at the lower end of what scientists think 2024 ...

Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid is currently estimated to be between 40 and 90 metres in diameter, although this could change as we gain more information about the asteroid. A map has been created to ...

working from the current trajectory of the asteroid, German amateur astronomer Daniel Bamberger came up with a map showing the potential impact zone for 2024 YR4. Content continues below Taking ...

Discovered by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System telescope, the massive celestial rock, named 2024 YR4, is estimated to be up to 100 metres wide. For perspective ...

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