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El gráfico muestra los movimienots del asteroide 2024 YR4.
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Astrónomos reastrean un problemático asteroide que podría golpear a la Tierra

By Ninian Carter

February 4, 2025 - Un impacto de asteroide mayor en magnitud que el del evento Tunguska, que en 1908 derribó 80 millones de árboles en una extensión de 2.250km² en Siberia, podría golpear la Tierra en 2032.

NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile discovered the asteroid on December 27, 2024.

Measuring somewhere between 40m and 100m wide, asteroid 2024 YR4 is currently speeding away from Earth at 48,000km/h, but will be back for a near-Earth flyby in around four years.

However, according to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies, 2024 YR4 has a 1-in-67 chance of colliding with our planet at 1400GMT on Wednesday, Dec 22, 2032 – possibly striking a narrow corridor along which reside the cities of Bogota (Colombia), Yaoundé (Cameroon) and Indore (India).

The asteroid ranks as a three on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, indicating a close encounter that merits attention from astronomers because there is a chance of collision in the next decade.

The only asteroid ever to receive a higher rating is Apophis, which rated a four on the Torino scale but was later downgraded as it poses no threat for at least a century.

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PUBLISHED: 04/02/2025; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Newscom, ESO
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