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Asteroid impact avoidance

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Asteroid deflection

Asteroid impact avoidance is a method to destroy near-Earth objects (NEO) which are on a potential collision course with Earth. This method includes launching a rocket, satellite or other foreign object into an NEO to prevent it from crashing into Earth.[1][2]

Ongoing projects

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Sentinel mission

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The B612 Foundation is a private nonprofit foundation dedicated to protecting the Earth from asteroid attacks.

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References

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  1. Rahman, Shoaib (2021-04-10). "How Much Our Earth Is Ready To Prevent Future Asteroid Collisions?". Futurism. Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  2. Powell, Corey S. (December 20, 2021). "How prepared is Earth for an asteroid collision?". Astronomy. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2022-01-12.

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