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Near-Earth Asteroids as of November 2024

Infographic titled 'Near-Earth Asteroids: Planetary Defense by the Numbers' from NASA. It shows 36,371 discovered near-Earth asteroids of all sizes. Details include 865 asteroids larger than 1 kilometer discovered, with an estimated 50 left to find. For asteroids larger than 140 meters, 11,060 have been discovered, with 14,000 estimated left to be found. Earth receives 100 tons of dust and sand-sized particles daily. In the last 30 days, 30 near-Earth asteroids passed closer to Earth than the Moon, with 132 doing so in the past year. The infographic notes 463,500,000 observations submitted to the Minor Planet Center as of October 31, 2024.
Near-Earth Asteroids as of November 2024

Each month, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office releases a monthly update featuring the most recent figures on NASA’s planetary defense efforts, near-Earth object close approaches, and other timely facts about comets and asteroids that could pose an impact hazard with Earth. Here is what we've found so far.

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Nov 04, 2024
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