Over 30,000 near-Earth asteroids have been discovered; here is what you need to know
For an asteroid to be classified as a near-Earth Asteroid (NEA), its trajectory should bring it within 1.3 Astronomical Units (AU) of the Sun. One AU is the distance between the Sun and our planet. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), over 30,000 NEAs have been discovered so far, with most of the discoveries […]
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