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International Asteroid Day Today: More Than 16000 In Nearby Galaxy

Artist's concept of a near-Earth object. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA will mark the worldwide observance of International Asteroid Day at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) on Friday, June 30, 2017 with a special television program featuring the agency’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office and other projects working to find and study near-Earth objects (NEOs). There are more than 16,000 asteroids in the vicinity, according to NASA. The program will air ...

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