James Webb Space Telescope imagery of asteroid 2024 YR4 confirmed that it “will safely pass the Moon at a distance of more than 20,000 km. (~12,427 mlles),” according to the European Space Agency.
It also poses no danger to Earth,
Credit: Space.com | footage courteys: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, M. Micheli (ESA NEOCC) / NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor / W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko | edited by Steve Spaleta
