New NASA Asteroid Observations Eliminate Chance of 2032 Lunar Impact

 Hey, Space Placers!

Animation of asteroid 2024 YR4’s potential locations on December 22, 2032. 

The animation demonstrates how the additional data from the February 2026 

James Webb Space Telescope observations have increased the certainty of 

where the asteroid will be in the future and decreased the range 

of possible locations. 

With this new data, 2024 YR4 is expected to pass by the Moon 

at a distance of 13,200 miles (21,200 km) and lunar impact is no longer a possibility. 

NASA/JPL Center for Near-Earth Object Studies

The Moon gets a break as there is now ZERO chance of an impact in 2032.

The most AMAZING part of this story to me is that the James Webb Space Telescope  made the observations of the asteroid to determine this.

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