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Asteroids by the numbers- all that NASA knows

NASA keeps an active eye on all the happenings in space. Here’s what NASA says about near-Earth objects such as asteroids and comets. NASA is on the constant hunt to find more about near-Earth objects, which are mostly atseroids and comets. But what do we know about the asteroids and comets in Earth's neighbourhood? NASA's Planetary Defense — which includes finding, tracking, and characterizing near-Earth objects helps to understand these space objects in a better way. These near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are basically comets and asteroids that have been pulled by the gravitational attraction of nearby other planets into orbits that allow them to enter the neighborhood of the Earth, says NASA. In a tweet on August 1, NASA said, "...