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Asteroid Day Highlighted Event Gwacheon, South Korea

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The Gwacheon National Science Museum had over 500 people attend their asteroid day events. The museum hosted a lecture, a concert, and a number of craft events for children.  …

Asteroid Day Highlighted Event Kavre District, Nepal

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This year, Nepal regional coordinator Sushil Bhattarai organized the first Asteroid Day event in the Kavre district of Nepal. This was the first event in Nepal outside of Kathmandu, the…

Asteroid Day Highlighted Event Santiago, Chile

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More than 15 national institutions in Chile joined together to celebrate Asteroid Day. The Millennium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS) played an essential role in the organization. One of the events…

Asteroid Day Brief Apr 18

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In 2008, a rain of meteorites landed in the Nubian Desert in Sudan, they were called Almahata Sitta. Since then, scientists have been studying every fragment they find in order…

Asteroid Day Brief Apr 11

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What is ‘Oumuamua ? ‘Oumuamua, also known as asteroid I/2017 U1, was discovered for the first time in October 2017 by the Pan-STARRS-1 telescope in Hawaii. It is special because…