Happy Asteroid Day.
Asteroid Day LIVE airs Tuesday, June 30th at 12:00 CEST
The broadcast premiers with a one hour special ESA program, followed by Asteroid Day LIVE Digital from Luxembourg at 13:00.
Click here for full schedule or satellite instructions.
Join this celebration of asteroid science and exploration.
Click here to see the program.
Asteroid Day is a dynamic awareness and educational program to inspire the world about asteroids –
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their role in the formation of our solar system,
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how we can use their resources,
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how asteroids can pave the way for future exploration and
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finally how we can protect our planet from asteroid impacts.
Asteroid Day events are held on 30 June each year to mark the anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska impact.
Asteroid Day events are largely independently organized around the world for people of all ages and are mostly free-of-charge.
Asteroid Day is a program run by the Asteroid Foundation, a Luxembourg nonprofit organization.
Asteroid Day was co-founded in 2014, by Dr. Brian May, astrophysicist and lead guitarist of QUEEN, together with Danica Remy, President of B612 Foundation, Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 9 Astronaut, and filmmaker Grig Richters.
In 2016, the United Nations officially designated Asteroid Day as the international day of awareness and education about asteroids.
Together with the United Nations, space agencies, schools and universities Asteroid Day is organized by networks of supporters who host events worldwide on 30, June and any other day of the year that the independent groups determine.
Mission
ESA astronaut Tim Peake talks about Asteroid Day.
*100x Asteroid Declaration: The 100x is an aspirational goal. Current asteroid survey projects are finding about 1500 asteroids per year that can come near the Earth. It is not likely that we will detect 100 times this number of asteroids per year with our current capabilities.
Happy Asteroid Day.
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