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International Asteroid Day – June 30
June 30 , 2022
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- It is held on the anniversary of the Tunguska event in 1908, when an asteroid levelled about 2,150 square kilometres (830 sq mi) forest in Siberia, Russia.
- Asteroid Day was co-founded by Stephen Hawking.
- In December 2016, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to celebrate this.
- The decision was made based on a proposal by the Association of Space Explorers, which was endorsed by Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).
- The theme of this year's event is "small is beautiful".
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