Current estimates suggest that there is a chance of the asteroid hitting Earth on December 2, 2032] With an estimated diameter of up to 90 metres (300 feet) - around the same size as the Statue of Liberty - the asteroid could do some serious damage, should it hit Earth.
NASA has warned that the probability of the 'City Killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth is now 2.4 per cent, or a one in 43 per cent chance (stock image).
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is about the same size as the Tunguska asteroid, which caused the largest impact event in recorded history when it shot through Earth's atmosphere in 1908, flattening a massive area of Siberian forest (pictured).
However, the asteroid is currently moving out of view and, after April, won't be visible again until 2028] That would make the asteroid roughly the same size as the Tunguska asteroid which unleashed a blast equivalent to 30 megatons of TNT and flattened 830 square miles (2,150 square km) of forest in Siberia.
According to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), the odds of the asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with our planet have crept up to 2.3 per cent.
