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Odds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new high - National | Globalnews.ca

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a higher chance of hitting Earth in 2032 , according to NASA .

This is the highest risk assessment an asteroid has ever received, after the 2.7 per cent chance of Apophis hitting in 2004 .

The asteroid measures between 40 and 90 metres wide, based on estimates from its reflected light.

A similar-sized asteroid entered Earth ’s atmosphere in February 2013 when the sky was set ablaze in Chelyabinsk .

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