Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
Resonance occurs when asteroids appear to move at the same, or a multiple of, the orbit speed of another external object—in ...
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Remember that asteroid that isn't going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it
Last year, astronomers detected the near-earth asteroid (NEA) 2024 YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a potentially ...