Potential Asteroid Impact On Moon In 2032 Could Trigger Massive Meteor Shower On Earth | FOX 5 New...
More details: Found hereIn about 10 hours of observations, NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory discovered 2,104 never-before-seen asteroids in our solar system, including seven near-Earth asteroids.
While the chances of the newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon in seven years are slim ⁘ there is currently a 96% chance it won't happen ⁘ an impact of this size would not come without consequences for the Moon, astronauts and spacecraft orbiting Earth.⁘
A new study submitted for review by scientists with the University of Western Ontario and Athabasca University in Canada took observations from the James Webb Space Telescope of asteroid 2024 YR4 and used simulations to show how much lunar debris would be ejected out into space, sending pieces of the Moon toward Earth.
After its initial discovery late last year, the asteroid appeared to have a small chance of impacting Earth, warranting international attention, and jumping to the highest asteroid threat ever given on the⁘ Torino Impact Hazard Scale . By February, more ground-based observations of the asteroid helped clear the threat to Earth, but the Moon still faces a possible impact.
On March 26, 2025, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured images of asteroid 2024 YR4 that indicate the asteroid is about the size of a 15-story building. Researchers also say the asteroid's surface may be dominated by rocks that are maybe fist-s
The researchers said this impact would threaten satellites in low-Earth orbit for days or up to a few months, and send a fraction of the ejecta toward Earth.⁘
Any lunar debris that makes it within Earth⁘s atmosphere could create a meteor shower event over the planet.⁘
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