(144898) 2004 VD17 (previously known by its provisional designation 2004 VD17) is a near-Earth asteroid once thought to have a low probability of impacting Earth on May 4 2102. From February to May 2006 it was listed with a Torino Scale impact risk value of 2 only the second asteroid in risk-monitoring history to be rated above value 1. The Torino rating was lowered to 1 after additional observations on May 20 2006 and finally dropped to 0 on October 17 2006.
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