Observations of the Asteroid of the Earth almost 2024 years made with the very large ESO telescope in January 2025
ESO/O. Hainaut et al.
An asteroid up to 100 meters wide to 1 chance in 83 of impact on earth on December 22, 2032. This risk of impact is sufficient to have triggered Global planetary defense response procedures for the first time.
“It's a historical moment,” said Richard Moissl to the European Space Agency (ESA).
The asteroid, nicknamed 2024, was detected for the first time on December 27, 2024 by an automated telescope …
