FORUM: “Small is Beautiful.” International Asteroid Day 2024. 116 years ago, a bolide exploded over Tunguska, flattening about 80 million trees. This year forum will be built around seven panel discussions that will tell the full story of asteroids; from the formation of the Solar System, 4.6 billion years ago, to the scientific work taking place today, and our future prospects as we begin to imagine ways to utilise the resources asteroids contain. The panels will explore: the origin of the solar system, how we discover and track Near-Earth asteroids, how we characterise an asteroid according to its composition, orbit and other physical properties, how we will defend Earth if and when we spot a threatening asteroid, what resources we may find on asteroids and elsewhere in the Solar System, how we can utilise space in a sustainable way, and what future missions and technology we have to look forward to. Follow the conversations with the hashtags: #asteroids, #comets, #30june, #asteroidday.
EVENTS: June 30th marks the anniversary of the Tunguska impact over Siberia, Russian Federation in 1908. The Tunguska asteroid event was the Earth's largest asteroid impact in recorded history. The UNOOSA, The European Space Agency, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), The Luxembourg Space Agency and The Asteroid Foundation held a webinar on June 30th. Running the entire month of June, Asteroid Day TV have prepared a collection of asteroid-related content including interviews, documentaries, cartoons, missions in progress and much more. The content streamed will be suitable for a range of ages and knowledge basis – you don’t need to be an expert to understand.
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