The theme of this year's event, "small is beautiful," represents the fascination that scientists feel for asteroids when they can get a close look. Two of the speakers include representatives from JAXA's Hayabusa2 and NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return missions. Asteroid samples already returned to Earth are expected to be shared with viewers.
Asteroid research and planetary defense is of great interest to scientists around the world, which is why June 30th marks international Asteroid Day.
EVENTS
The Asteroid Foundation is hosting its annual series of asteroid-themed panels and talks on Thursday (June 30) in Luxembourg. This year's event will be held in person for the first time in two years and will also be broadcast live for viewers around the world. You can watch it live here on Space.com, courtesy of the Asteroid Foundation, or on the foundation's YouTube, beginning at 11 a.m. local time (5 a.m. EDT; 0900 GMT).
The International Asteroid Day 2022 event will include 37 speakers, including astronauts, researchers, astronomers and engineers. Talks in the series will be moderated by Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project; Phil Plait, an astronomer, blogger and author; Stuart Clark, Asteroid Day's Editorial Director; and Patrick Michel, Director of Research at the Center for Scientific Research in France. You can see a full list of speakers(opens in new tab) for the day here.
The Asteroid Foundation is hosting its annual series of asteroid-themed panels and talks on Thursday (June 30) in Luxembourg. This year's event will be held in person for the first time in two years and will also be broadcast live for viewers around the world. You can watch it live here on Space.com, courtesy of the Asteroid Foundation, or on the foundation's YouTube, beginning at 11 a.m. local time (5 a.m. EDT; 0900 GMT).
The International Asteroid Day 2022 event will include 37 speakers, including astronauts, researchers, astronomers and engineers. Talks in the series will be moderated by Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project; Phil Plait, an astronomer, blogger and author; Stuart Clark, Asteroid Day's Editorial Director; and Patrick Michel, Director of Research at the Center for Scientific Research in France. You can see a full list of speakers(opens in new tab) for the day here.
"Asteroid Day reminds the world of just how important these celestial objects are. They hold the keys to understanding the formation of the solar system, provide stepping stones we will utilize to explore our solar system, and occasionally they hit our planet," Dorin Prunariu, Vice Chair of the Asteroid Foundation and a former chairman of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS), said in a statement(opens in new tab). "We are in an extraordinary time of asteroid research and missions, and every year, our asteroid experts bring new insights and revelations."
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