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2024 YR4 hails from the middle of the main asteroid belt that hangs out between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter – and it was ...
This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...
A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in the asteroid belt near Jupiter ...
The monthly meeting of the San Juan Stargazers will be on May 1.   Our amazing topic of study will be asteroids, near-earth asteroids and the asteroid belt. We will meet at the regular ...
The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, flew into view of the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in ...
Mr Bolin said: "We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we did not think many Earth-crossing asteroids could ...