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Monitoring the 2032 Earth impact threat from asteroid 2024 YR4
Google Books, Google's service to search, discover and read millions of books | Apple announces new iPhone 16e, the most affordable model with Apple Intelligence
Clara Nafría & Ismael Nafría
February 21, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes
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Monitoring the 2032 Earth impact threat from asteroid 2024 YR4
Google Books, Google's service to search, discover and read millions of books
Apple announces new iPhone 16e, the most affordable model with Apple Intelligence
Monitoring the 2032 Earth impact threat from asteroid 2024 YR4
According to NASA, for the past few days, asteroid 2024 YR4 has had a 3.1% chance of impacting Earth on December 22, 2032, representing the highest level of potential impact from a space rock against our planet detected to date.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a diameter of between 40 and 90 meters.
As for the ESA, the European Space Agency, their most recent calculations indicate a 2.8% probability of Earth impact.
These percentages, however, will vary as more trajectory data becomes available, and they are likely to soon drop to zero.
The ESA will update this percentage and the accompanying information graphics once per day.
2024 YR4 was detected last December and is expected to pass very close to Earth in 2032.
The threat level reported by NASA exceeds the maximum that was previously assigned to asteroid Apophis, which at one point had a 2.7% probability of impacting our planet in 2029. Subsequent observations reduced the probability to zero.
Links:
2024 YR4 - Wikipedia
Will That Asteroid Strike Earth? Risk Level Rises to Highest Ever Recorded. – The New York Times
Google Books, Google's service to search, discover and read millions of books
The Google Books service allows users to search through the contents of an enormous catalog of books. Google provides search results showing books that include the search terms entered by the user.
In cases where the publisher has given permission, or for out-of-print books, Google Books offers a preview of the book and, in some cases, its complete text. If it's a public domain book, users can download a PDF copy.
Each book has a comprehensive reference page that includes reviews, user ratings and scores, information about the book and the author, and other relevant details about that work.
Additionally, links are provided to purchase the book from different stores or borrow it when that option is available.
At this link you can see an example page for the book "Atomic Habits" by James Clear
Google Books currently has more than 10 million free books available to read or download, and continues to add new titles to its extensive library.
Users can create a personal library to organize and manage their favorite books.
Link:
Apple announces new iPhone 16e, the most affordable model with Apple Intelligence
Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled this past Wednesday the new iPhone 16e, a model that sits in Apple's most affordable line while being integrated into the iPhone 16 range.
The iPhone 16e, which will go on sale next February 28, 2025, is equipped with the A18 chip, Apple Intelligence (which will be available in Spanish starting next April), and a dual-camera system featuring a 48 MP camera.
The starting price in the Spanish market will be 709 euros, while in the United States the lowest-priced model will cost 599 dollars.
The presentation video:
The new iPhone 16e, which features a 6.1-inch display, will be available in matte black and white. Pre-orders can begin this Friday, February 21, and devices will be available starting next Friday, February 28, 2025.
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