Is Virtual Impactor 2024 YR₄ Related to the Porangaba Meteorite Fall?

Abstract The Porangaba meteorite fall was the result of a daylight fireball observed on 2015 January 9, in a large area of Sao Paulo, Brazil. It was considered a sporadic bolide not associated with any known meteor shower. Here, we show that the orbital properties of the recently discovered virtual impactor 2024 YR 4 (impact probability 0.021) are a possible match to those of the meteoroid responsible for the Porangaba meteorite fall with a probability of 0.050. Our data mining exploration also uncovered a group of seemingly related objects that includes virtual impactors 2017 UW 5 , 2018 GG 4 , 2019 SC, 2020 MQ 61 , and 2020 DM 3 .