00:00At the end of last year, astronomers detected a new asteroid named 2024 YR4, but it wasn't
00:10like other solar system travelers.
00:12That's because this one passed rather closely.
00:14And after initial telemetry data was crunched, scientists concluded it had about a 1% chance
00:19of smashing into Earth in 2032.
00:22In fact, that 1% chance even put the asteroid at the top of the ESA's asteroid risk list.
00:27Now experts have continued to track it and run simulations, and unfortunately, the chances
00:31of it hitting Earth have gone up.
00:34Astronomers now say there is a whopping 2.3% chance that 2024 YR4 collides with Earth in
00:39around 7 years.
00:41That's based on 1,000 orbital simulations.
00:43And while 977 of them had the asteroid pass close, between us and the moon, 23 of them
00:48saw the asteroid impact our planet.
00:512024 YR4 isn't the largest asteroid out there, but it certainly isn't small.
00:55With estimates putting it around 130 to 328 feet in diameter, and it's fast, traveling
01:01at around 38,000 miles per hour.
01:04Still, experts say we would have years to prepare and assess exactly where it would land.
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