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@NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office detects, tracks, and characterizes Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) to enable mitigation of potential future NEO impacts.

NASA Asteroid Watch @asteroidwatch ·

December 3, 2024

At 11:14am EST, a very small (<1m) #asteroid will impact Earth's atmosphere and create a harmless fireball over eastern Russia's Olyokminsky District. The asteroid was first observed with the University of Arizona's Bok telescope by the @NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey and…

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NASA Asteroid Watch @asteroidwatch ·

November 2, 2024

Our NEOWISE spacecraft, originally launched as WISE and the pathfinder for @NASA's upcoming NEO Surveyor asteroid-hunting telescope, has burned up in Earth’s atmosphere, as expected, after more than 14 years of operation. https://go.nasa.gov/4fv53mo

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NASA Asteroid Watch @asteroidwatch ·

November 1, 2024

Here are the October updates for #PlanetaryDefense. Thanks to efforts at @NASA and across the globe, we have discovered nearly 11,000 near-Earth asteroids larger than 140 meters, with an estimated 14,000 left to find. http://go.nasa.gov/414oCMc

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