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World Asteroid Day is an annual global event that took place on June 30th. Asteroid Day aims to raise awareness about asteroids and what can be done to protect the Earth, its families, communities and future generations from a catastrophic event.

Over the span of 11 successful years, SPACE provided this opportunity to more than 2,000 participants across India, which has resulted in several achievements and discoveries, for the first time by the Indian school children.

Through the training provided by SPACE to Indian students have achieved a remarkable number of 2 numbered Asteroid Discovery, 69 Provisional Discoveries of Asteroids, 7203 Preliminary Discoveries of Asteroids, 62 near Earth object confirmations and 1636 near Earth object observations and 2 Special Discoveries.

All India Asteroid Search Campaign, a unique and exclusive International platform created by SPACE for Indian students and amateur astronomers across India since 2010.