Near-Earth Objects Discovered to Date | Here's the Count | NASA 360
June 30 may be International Asteroid Day, but at NASA, every day is asteroid day! So, what do we know about the asteroids that are in Earth's neighborhood? A whole lot. Planetary defense — which includes finding, tracking, and characterizing near-Earth objects—is part of our mission at NASA. Here's the count of what we've discovered so far.
Information about NASA's planetary defense efforts: https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense
Learn about NASA's DART Mission:
DART was the first-ever mission dedicated to investigating and demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection by changing an asteroid’s motion in space through kinetic impact.
Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Duration: 1 minute
Release Date: June 30, 2023
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