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NASA Asteroid Watch@AsteroidWatch·

January 19, 2021

In 2002 there were less than 1500 known Near-Earth Objects (NEOs). In 2020, @nasa's @catalina_sky Survey (CSS) discovered 1,546 NEOs, which is more in a single year than was found in history prior to 2002! Learn more about CSS & how they help NASA's #PlanetaryDefense efforts.

Catalina Sky Survey@catalina_sky

1546 new Near Earth Asteroid Discoveries by Catalina Sky Survey in 2020! Read more about it here:
https://catalina.lpl.arizona.edu/news/2021/01/catalina-sky-survey-posts-phenomenal-year-near-earth-object-discoveries?fbclid=IwAR1zZozhAnVBj79zuv2QI_nocTDScwBaFFB0BTYNEkm2n6tG8LaEy2T7Vuw

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NASA Astrobiology: Exploring Life in the Universe@NASAAstrobio·

December 8, 2020

On Dec. 6, @JAXA_en’s Hayabusa2 delivered a capsule to Earth with some of the most precious cargo in the solar system –– a sample of asteroid Ryugu. Now, @NASA astrobiologists are prepared to inspect these ancient grains to learn more about their origins: https://go.nasa.gov/2Iy0gqs

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NASA Asteroid Watch@AsteroidWatch·

December 8, 2020

#PlanetaryDefense is a team effort! @NASA-funded @catalina_sky and @fallingstarIfA coordinated to track small near-Earth #asteroid 2020 XK1 as it safely passed by Earth on Dec. 7.

ATLAS Project@fallingstarIfA

2-meter asteroid 2020 XK1 was a team effort. Catalina Sky Survey detected this near-impactor last night, then "handed off" the object to ATLAS-Haleakala, which continued tracking it so that it would not get lost. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K20/K20X57.html

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This website was created to help provide an easier way to provide the general public awareness and information about potential life extinction asteroids and major asteroid threats. Our current focus is on the 99942 Apophis (God of Chaos) Asteroid scheduled to fly by and possibly hit the earth in 2029.

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