Nasa News Today Asteroid 2025. Astronomers track asteroid 2025 yp as it safely flies by earth on christmas day, highlighting nasa's planetary defense efforts and asteroid monitoring systems. Learn about past and future missions, tracking and predicting orbits, and close approaches to earth.
Nasa reports that two asteroids, 2024 yc9 and 2024 yl1, will approach earth on january 3, 2025, providing a valuable opportunity for scientific study. Asteroid 2025 ca2, approximately 67 feet in diameter, will safely pass by earth on 18 february 2025, at a distance of 3,170,000 miles, posing no threat to our planet, according to.