JUNE 30 IS ASTEROID DAY
Hey, Space Placers!
This diagram shows the coverage of damage a Tunguska Event would inflict if
Washington, D.C. was hit
Credit: B612 Foundation
Today is Asteroid Day.
I will rest easier when NEO Surveyor is watching the skies where we have no coverage now - the area around the Sun where asteroids can lurk and not be seen from Earth. Both Tunguska and Chelyabinsk were daytime impacts - coming out of the Sun's glare.
Sky Guy in VA
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