
Eyes on Asteroids - NASA/JPL
Explore the 3D world of Asteroids, Comets and NEOs. Learn about past and future missions, tracking and predicting orbits, and close approaches to Earth.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 - Science@NASA
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is a near-Earth asteroid, meaning it is an asteroid in an orbit that brings it into Earth’s region of the Solar System. 2024 YR4 is estimated to be about 130 to 300 feet (40 - 90 meters) wide and had a very small chance of Earth impact on …
Latest Calculations Conclude Asteroid 2024 YR4 Now Poses ... - NASA …
2 days ago · As observations of the asteroid continued to be submitted to the Minor Planet Center, experts at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s (JPL’s) Center for Near-Earth Object Studies were able to calculate more precise models of the asteroid’s trajectory and now have updated its impact probability on Dec. 22, 2032 to only 0.004% and found there ...
Earth Safe From Asteroid 2024 YR4, NASA Says - The New York …
1 day ago · While Earth may have evaded destruction by way of asteroid, NASA said there was a slight chance — about 1.7 percent — that 2024 YR4 would crash into our moon, creating yet another crater on ...
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Takes Its 1st Images of Asteroid …
1 day ago · NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has its next flyby target, the small main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, in its sights. By blinking between images captured by Lucy on Feb. 20 and 22, this animation shows the perceived motion of Donaldjohanson relative to the background stars as the spacecraft rapidly approaches the asteroid.
Asteroids - NASA Science
Feb 7, 2025 · Most asteroids can be found orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter within the main asteroid belt. Asteroids range in size from Vesta – the largest at about 329 miles (530 kilometers) in diameter – to bodies that are less than 33 feet (10 meters) across.
NASA Shares Observations of Recently-Identified Near Earth Asteroid
Jan 29, 2025 · NASA analysis of a near-Earth asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, indicates it has a more than 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032 – which also means there is about a 99% chance this asteroid will not impact.
Next Five Asteroid Approaches - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory …
4 days ago · The Asteroid Watch dashboard tracks asteroids and comets that will make relatively close approaches to Earth. The dashboard displays the date of closest approach, approximate object diameter, relative size and distance from Earth for each encounter.
Eyes on Asteroids - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
This interactive visualization uses data from JPL's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), which computes high-precision orbits for Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) in support of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office.
NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close …
Jul 3, 2024 · Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California recently tracked two asteroids as they flew by our planet. One turned out to have a little moon orbiting it, while the other had been discovered only 13 days before its closest approach to Earth.