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World Asteroid Day 2024 - June 30
June 30 , 2024
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- This day is aimed at raising awareness about asteroids and the potential hazards they pose to our planet.
- It commemorates the anniversary of the Tunguska event in 1908.
- This event was caused by an asteroid or comet fragment exploding over Siberia, Russia, flattening around 2,000 square kilometres of forest.
- The United Nations officially declared this in 2016 to raise awareness about the potential hazards of asteroid impacts.
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