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Moon-safe: Asteroid 2024 YR4 will miss the Moon in 2032 after JWST orbit refinements

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Moon-safe: Asteroid 2024 YR4 will miss the Moon in 2032 after JWST orbit refinements
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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope refined the orbit of asteroid 2024 YR4, ruling out a collision with the Moon and showing it will pass about 13,200 miles (21,200 km) above the lunar surface in 2032. This closes the earlier 4.3% Moon-impact risk that existed due to orbital uncertainty, with Gaia-star measurements helping to nail down the asteroid’s path.

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  2. New NASA Asteroid Observations Eliminate Chance of 2032 Lunar Impact  NASA Science (.gov)
  3. Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not impact the Moon  European Space Agency
  4. James Webb telescope pushed to its limits by new observations of 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4  Live Science
  5. Notorious asteroid 2024 YR4 won't crash into the moon after all  Scientific American

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