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International Asteroid Day - 30th June
International Asteroid Day - 30th June

International Asteroid Day is discovered globally on 30th June each year.

30 June 2021 Current Affairs:International Asteroid Day is discovered globally on 30th June each year. International Asteroid Day aims to increase public attention about the asteroid impact hazard and inform the public about the crisis communication actions taken at the international level in case of a credible near-Earth object threat.

Background:
In December 2016, the UNGA (UN General Assembly) adopted decision A/RES/71/90, declaring 30th June International Asteroid Day to observe every year at the international stage the anniversary of the Tunguska influence over Siberia, Russian Federation, on 30 June 1908, and to raise public attention about the asteroid have an effect on the hazard.

Asteroids:
These are the small rocky bodies that orbits around the sun. Mostly, they are observed between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter; however, some have extra eccentric orbits. Therefore, we will say that asteroids are rocky-metallic objects that vary in measurement from pebbles to around 600 miles across. They are so small that they aren't regarded as planets, but they orbit the Sun. They are recognised as the leftover material of the Solar System.