[Rockhounds] Chance of asteroid hitting the Moon increases.

Paul etchplain at att.net
Fri Apr 4 07:25:14 PDT 2025


Chance of asteroid hitting the Moon increases. Webb Telescope 
helps NASA pin down impact probability
Iain Todd, BBC News Sky at Night Magazine, April 4, 2025
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/asteroid-2024-yr4-moon

Chance of asteroid hitting Earth is practically zero. Impact 
probability drops to 0.0050%.
Iain Todd, BBC News Sky at Night Magazine, February 24, 2025
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/asteroid-2024-yr4

NASA Update on the Size Estimate and Lunar Impact Probability 
of Asteroid 2024 YR4, Molly Wasser, April 2, 2025
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/planetary-defense/2025/04/02/nasa-update-on-the-size-estimate-and-lunar-impact-probability-of-asteroid-2024-yr4/

Yours,

Paul H.


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