1. Chart showing the cumulative number of known Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) versus time. Totals are shown for NEAs of all sizes, those NEAs larger than ~140m in size, and those larger than ~1km in size. 2. Chart showing the number of NEA discoveries per year, by survey.

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   AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 01-Jul-2024 08:46:09 JST AkaSci 🛰️

   Today is Asteroid Day, a day to increase public awareness of the risks of asteroid impacts.

   The JPL Center for NEO Studies (CNEOS) tracks Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) and provides impact probabilities in support of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office.

   Various observatories around the world scan the sky for near-earth asteroids and comets.

   The charts below shows the history of Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) discoveries per year, by survey and by size.

   https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/stats/totals.html
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