Why is it celebrated every year on June 30th?

Although this day is not yet very well known throughout the world,Asteroid Day‘ is celebrated annually on June 30. with the aim of raising public awareness of the risks that asteroids pose to our planet. An initiative born recently, after the shocking event in Chelyabinsk on February 15, 2013, when a meteoroid with a diameter of 18 meters exploded over the Russian city of the same nameresulting in more than 1,500 injuries.

The explosion was so powerful that it was equivalent to 30 bombs dropped on Hiroshima, and made it clear that this was necessary. increased surveillance and preparation for possible racing cars that threaten our planet again. So in October 2014, a group of scientists and activists decided to createAsteroid Day‘. His goal was coordinate global events and conferences to raise public awareness of the dangers of asteroid impacts.

Two years later, the United Nations (UN) itself supported this initiative and officially declared June 30 a “holiday”.International Asteoid Day‘. And why June 30? Because in 1908, Tunguska was hit by one of these asteroids, the most mysterious destruction that occurred in Russian Siberia and destroyed about 80 million trees.