Asteroid Day educates on Tunguska event, asteroid dangers

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Asteroid Day commemorates the Tunguska event on June 30, 1908, in Siberia, Russia, where a 130-foot asteroid traveling at 54,000 km/h exploded 6 miles above Earth, destroying 80 million trees over 2,150 square km. This event highlights the danger asteroids pose to Earth, potentially causing mass extinction. Eye-witnesses reported people being knocked down by the blast.


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