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At the time of the announcement in January, the asteroid’s impact probability was reported to . The impact probability describes how likely a hazardous asteroid is to hit Earth.

When scientists spot an asteroid whose trajectory might take it close to Earth, they monitor it frequently and calculate the probability that it might collide with our planet.

8 The asteroid is now more likely to hit the moon Credit: Getty Odds of the rock hitting the Earth stand at 1-in-37,000, but the Moon may not be so lucky.

The asteroid will continue to be visible from Earth through April, giving astronomers some time to gather data with ground-based telescopes.

Since a potentially hazardous asteroid was detected in December, tens of others objects have come close to Earth.

Phew! The risk of that asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 has significantly lowered The European Space Agency says there’s now just a 0.16 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will impact our planet.

The asteroid 2024 YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.