"It is possible that asteroid 2024 YR4 will be ruled out as an impact hazard, as has happened with many other objects." Among those objects is Apophis, the cruise ship-sized asteroid first ...

40m asteroid, making it far more destructive on impact. It’s the difference between, say, a commercial airplane and a large cruise ship. Nor do scientists know its density or what it’s made of ...

Fortunately, the 130 to 300-foot asteroid is much smaller than the cruise ship-sized Apophis and would cause far less devastation in the still-unlikely event that it crashes into Earth.

"It is possible that asteroid 2024 YR4 will be ruled out as an impact hazard, as has happened with many other objects." Among those objects is Apophis, the cruise ship-sized asteroid first ...

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The most serious near-miss, and the closest comparison with YR4, was an asteroid called Apophis which was first spotted in 2004 and measured 375 meters across, or around the size of a cruise ship.

Thankfully, YR4 is much smaller than the infamous Apophis. The Apophis asteroid was the size of a cruise ship. YR4 is about 130 to 300 feet, which would cause far less damage if it were to strike.

Thankfully, YR4 is much smaller than the infamous Apophis. The Apophis asteroid was the size of a cruise ship. YR4 is about 130 to 300 feet, which would cause far less damage if it were to strike.

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in ... Now, just as the infamous cruise ship-sized Apophis was eventually ruled out as a threat to Earth, so too has 2024 YR4.