Asteroid 2024 YR4

3D Model

This is a 3D representation of asteroid 2024 YR4. This render was made using data obtained on 7 February 2025 with the Gemini South telescope in Chile, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by NSF NOIRLab. Using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS), a team of astronomers took images of the asteroid through four different filters. The observations allowed the team to determine its composition, orbital characteristics and 3D shape. The surface features are artistic interpretation.

Learn more at: https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2514

Credit: B. Bolin, et al/International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)