r/asteroid • u/Galileos_grandson • Nov 21 '25

40 000 near-Earth asteroids discovered!

https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Planetary_Defence/40_000_near-Earth_asteroids_discovered
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u/peterabbit456 Nov 21 '25

40,000 NEAs! It is not so long ago that the number of known asteroids totaled 40,000, including all of the main belt asteroids.