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How often do asteroids come near Earth?

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Humans have already counted at least 1.4 million asteroids.

Most of the asteroids we’ve observed orbit in the solar system’s main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter .

Some of those asteroids may eventually hit Earth , with effects ranging from a pleasant pretty meteor shower to the extinction of an entire species.

To find as many asteroids as possible, we need large telescopes and cameras looking at a large portion of the sky, over and over again every night .

Vera Rubin Observatory is a large observatory currently under construction in Chile .

NEO Surveyor is a NASA space telescope launching in 2027 , specifically designed to hunt for asteroids full-time for five years in the hopes of identifying over 90% of potentially hazardous asteroids.

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