JAKARTA - The European Space Agency (ESA) revealed that the Planetary Defense Office under its auspices was monitoring the asteroid that was recently discovered. This asteroid is named YR4 2024.

Based on the results of ESA monitoring, this asteroid has the potential to hit Earth in 2032 with a width of between 40 meters and 100 meters. YR4 2024 is included in the list of ESA's asteroid risk peaks. This asteroid is classified as Level 3 on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale.

From the latest monitoring results published on Wednesday, January 29, ESA explained that this asteroid will pass Earth safely. The chances of security are even nearly 99 percent, but the impact still needs to be investigated further.

"It is important to remember that the possibility of an asteroid impact often increased at first before it quickly dropped to zero after additional observations," the ESA said, quoted from its official broadcast.

For more details, the asteroid, which was discovered in December last year, is expected to hit Earth on December 22, 2032. The collision opportunity is 1.2 percent so that two UN-backed asteroid response groups are considering further steps.

The International Asteroid Alert Network (IAWN), chaired by NASA, has coordinated additional observations. Meanwhile, the ESA-led Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) will hold a meeting.

The group will discuss the probability of an asteroid YR4 2024. If the probability continues above the 1 percent threshold, SMPAG will provide recommendations to the United Nations to evaluate the spacecraft-based response option.

"There is a possibility that the 2024 asteroid YR4 will disappear from sight before we can completely rule out the possibility of an impact in 2032. In this case, the asteroid will likely remain on the ESA risk list until it can be observed again in 2028," explained ESA.


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