Asteroid 2024 YR4

About Asteroid 2024 YR4:

• It is classified as an Apollo-type asteroid, meaning its orbit crosses Earth's orbit but spends most of its time beyond it.
• Origin: The study reveals YR4 is a solid, stony type that likely originated from an asteroid family in the central Main Belt between Mars and Jupiter,
• It was discovered in 2024, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile.
  • The Y in the asteroid’s name indicates that it was discovered in the last half of December.
  • The R4 indicates that it was the 117th asteroid found in that period.