Asteroid Day

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The asteroid Day , German: Asteroidentag , also International Asteroidentag , is an annual day of action , of about asteroids , possible risks and, where appropriate defensive measures notified. Asteroid Day takes place on June 30th , the date the 1908 Siberian Tunguska event took place.

history

Asteroid Day was founded by director Grigorij Richters (picture) and Brian May

Asteroid Day was brought to life by director Grigorij Richters and Brian May , guitarist for Queen and astrophysicist. Over 100 astronauts, scientists, engineers and artists including Richard Dawkins , Bill Nye , Peter Gabriel , Jim Lovell , Alexei Leonow , Bill Anders , Kip Thorne , Lord Martin Rees , Chris Hadfield , Rusty Schweickart and Brian Cox signed the asteroid's public declaration Days.

In February 2014 Brian May and Grigorij Richters began working on the film "51 Degrees North", the story of a fictional asteroid impact in London and the human reaction to such an event. Brian May composed the music for the film. After the film was shown at the 2014 Starmus Festival, Richters and May founded Asteroid Day in October 2014. This was announced on December 3, 2014 at a press conference held simultaneously in London and San Francisco . Grigorij Richters, Lord Martin Rees and Brian May held these at the Science Museum in London, while Ed Lu , Thomas David Jones and Rusty Schweickart were the representatives at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. Therefore, December 3, 2014 is the official founding day of Asteroid Day.

In December 2016, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed June 30th to be International Asteroid Day .

declaration

The Asteroid Day working group created the “100X Declaration” petition, which is aimed at all scientists and engineers and whose intention is to protect the earth from impacts by asteroids. Not only specialists, but all people are invited to support Asteroid Day.

The three main goals are:

  1. Use of available technology by governments and philanthropic organizations to discover near-Earth asteroids that can harm humans.
  2. A hundredfold increase in the detection rate of asteroids and an increase in the number of asteroids under observation. The aim is to achieve 100,000 discoveries per year within the next 10 years.
  3. Global adoption of Asteroid Day on June 30th each year to raise awareness of the danger posed by asteroids and how to protect them. With the UN declaration, which officially declared June 30th as Asteroid Day , this goal was achieved.

Asteroid Day 2015

According to the official homepage, over 90 global activities were carried out on June 30, 2015. 36 astronauts and cosmonauts took part in activities that day. The general goal was to increase awareness of the dangers posed by asteroids. Institutions such as the Natural History Museum in Vienna, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, the Science Museum in London, the SETI Institute , the European Space Agency , the UK Space Agency and many other organizers started the first official Asteroid Day on June 30, 2015.

Asteroid Day 2016

On the official homepage, six events were listed as official premier events for June 30, 2016: in Chile (in The Millennium Center ), in Spain (in Barcelona and in Arona on Tenerife), in the USA (in San Francisco ), in South Korea (in Gwacheon ) and Austria (in the Natural History Museum in Vienna ). In addition, numerous other events took place around the world.

Asteroid Day 2017

ESA , NASA and JAXA officially took part. The highlight was the first worldwide, 24-hour live broadcast on the subject of asteroids and the associated danger. Exhibitions, lectures, film screenings and guided sky observations took place around the world, for example. An interactive world map on the organization website listed all events.

Asteroid Day 2018

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ADLive!

Asteroid Day 2019

ADx19: Asteroid Day Global was the name for local events around the globe, including in Israel, Morocco, Greece, Lithuania and Finland.

There was a technical briefing for Asteroid Day 2019 , ADLive! , a six-hour live broadcast on YouTube and a so-called "Asteroid Gala" with around 200 guests.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About the asteroid day. In: archive.asteroidday.org. Retrieved June 30, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Our mission. In: archive.asteroidday.org. Retrieved June 30, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Stuart Clark: Second anniversary of Chelyabinsk meteorite strike . In: The Guardian . February 15, 2015, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed April 16, 2016]).
  4. ↑ Mike Wall: 'Asteroid Day' to Raise Awareness of Space Rock Threat. In: Space.com. December 3, 2014, accessed April 16, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Jonathan O'Callaghan: The time to tackle killer asteroids is NOW, warn scientists: Leading experts call for urgent action to save the human race. In: Mail Online. December 3, 2014, accessed April 16, 2016 .
  6. ↑ a b 100X Signatories (193). In: asteroidday.org. Retrieved April 16, 2016 (American English).
  7. ↑ 51 Degrees North. In: asteroidday.org. May 24, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018 (American English).
  8. ↑ a b Our Story. In: asteroidday.org. Retrieved June 30, 2018 (American English).
  9. ^ Yannis Mendez: Brian May warns of catastrophic threat to Earth from asteroids - video . In: The Guardian . ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed April 16, 2016]).
  10. ^ Brian May Talks Armageddon And Why The 'Bruce Willis Solution' Won't Work. In: HuffingtonPost.co.uk. Retrieved April 16, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Jonathan Blitzer: The Age of Asteroids . In: The New Yorker . December 10, 2014, ISSN  0028-792X ( newyorker.com [accessed April 16, 2016]).
  12. ^ Sarah Knapton: Asteroids could wipe out humanity, warn Richard Dawkins and Brian Cox. In: Telegraph.co.uk. December 4, 2014, accessed April 16, 2016 .
  13. ↑ International Asteroid Day, June 30. In: unoosa.org. Retrieved June 15, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Asteroid Day 100X Declaration. In: asteroidday.org. Retrieved June 30, 2018 .
  15. ^ Nathan Rao: Scores of GIANT asteroids on course to hurtle past Earth within the month, NASA reveals. In: Express.co.uk. January 1, 2015, accessed April 16, 2016 .
  16. ^ Roger Highfield: Asteroid Day Declaration At Science Museum. In: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk. December 4, 2014, accessed April 16, 2016 .
  17. ↑ Uno officially declares June 30th as "Asteroid Day". In: derStandard.at. December 9, 2016, accessed December 20, 2016 .
  18. ↑ a b Events. In: asteroidday.org. Retrieved April 16, 2016 (American English).
  19. ↑ Get set for Asteroid Day. In: Astronomy.com. June 24, 2015, accessed April 16, 2016 .
  20. ^ Asteroid Day San Francisco. In: spaceref.com. Retrieved June 30, 2015, April 16, 2016 (American English).
  21. ↑ Why is Asteroid Day important? In: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk. June 11, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2016 (American English).
  22. ^ SETI Institute: Asteroid Day Special Event - Michael Busch and Peter Jenniskens (SETI Talks). In: youtube.com. July 10, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2016 (American English).
  23. ↑ Asteroid Day - ESA experts explain the nature and threat of asteroids. In: ESA.int. Retrieved June 30, 2015, April 16, 2016 (American English).
  24. ↑ UK Space Agency on Twitter. In: Twitter.com. Retrieved April 16, 2016 (American English).
  25. ^ Pol Felten: Asteroid Day LIVE - Luxembourg Schedule. In: AsteroidDay.org. June 23, 2017, accessed July 20, 2017 .
  26. ↑ Asteriod Day Iinitiates First Ever Multi Media Global Conversation About Asteroids. In: AsteroidDay.org. June 28, 2017, accessed July 20, 2017 .
  27. ↑ Asteroid Day provides information worldwide with events and celebrities. In: Aerosieger.de. June 29, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017 .
  28. ↑ Asteroid Day Germany 2017. In: neoshield.eu. Retrieved July 20, 2017 .
  29. ↑ Session 1 | Asteroid Day LIVE from Luxembourg 2018. Accessed on October 8, 2019 (German).
  30. ↑ Asteroid Foundation Technical Briefing 2019 Luxembourg. Retrieved on October 8, 2019 (German).
  31. ↑ Asteroid Day LIVE 2019 - YouTube. Retrieved on October 8, 2019 (German).
  32. ^ Rusty Schweickart at Asteroid Day. Retrieved on October 8, 2019 (German).