Did you know that there is an International Asteroid Day?
Asteroid Day aims to raise awareness about asteroids and what can be done to protect the Earth, its families, communities and future generations from a catastrophic event.
It was co-founded in 2014 by Dr. Brian May an astrophysicist and rock legend, Danica Remy president of B612 Foundation, Rusty Schweickart an astronaut and Grig Richters a German filmmaker.
Following on from this the United Nations General Assembly officially declared June 30th each year as the International Asteroid Day.
June 30 was chosen because it marks Earth’s largest asteroid impact in recorded history, the Siberia Tunguska event, which occurred on the 30 June 1908 and devastated over 2,000 km2 of forest, an area the size of any major city today.
A declaration was created called the 100X Declaration where scientist and technologist who support the idea of saving the earth from asteroids were asked to sign. But the really cool thing is that everyone has the opportunity to sign. To date the 100X Declaration has been signed by more that 22,000 private citizens.
There is heaps of information, resources, movies, videos, fun stuff plus the countdown until June 30 on the official International Asteroid Day website so check it out. And don’t forget we also have lots of information and books in the library.
