Back يوم الكويكبات Arabic আন্তঃৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় গ্ৰহাণু দিৱস Assamese Asteroid günü Azerbaijani Mezinárodní den asteroidů Czech Asteroid Day German Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Αστεροειδών Greek Día Internacional de los Asteroides Spanish Journée internationale des astéroïdes French יום האסטרואיד HE Աստերոիդի օր Armenian
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| Asteroid Day | |
|---|---|
 Asteroid Day logo | |
| Observed by | Worldwide |
| Type | United Nations |
| Date | June 30 |
| Frequency | Annual |
| First time | 30 June 2015 |
Asteroid Day (also known as International Asteroid Day) is an annual global event[1] which is held on June 30, the anniversary of the Tunguska event in 1908 when a meteor air burst levelled about 2,150 km2 (830 sq mi) of forest in Siberia, Russia.[2][3][4]
Asteroid Day was cofounded in 2014 (the year after the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor air burst) by physicist Stephen Hawking, B612 Foundation president Danica Remy, Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart, filmmaker Grigorij Richters, and Brian May (Queen guitarist and astrophysicist).[4][5] Remy, Schweickart, Richters, and May initiated[clarification needed] Asteroid Day in October 2014, which they announced during a press conference.[6] It was launched[clarification needed] on December 3, 2014.[7]
In 2016, the United Nations proclaimed Asteroid Day be observed globally on June 30 every year in its resolution.[8] The event aims to raise awareness about asteroids and what can be done to protect the Earth, its families, communities, and future generations from a catastrophic event.
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- ^ "Tributes paid to scientific giant, Professor Stephen Hawking". County Times. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ "The Age of Asteroids". The New Yorker. 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ "Asteroids could wipe out humanity, warn Richard Dawkins and Brian Cox". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
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