NEO discovery count nears 10,000 Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: NEO discovery count nears 10,000
# 13018 byhitssquad@... on June 14, 2013, 4:08 a.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
The day of NEO 10,000 draws near:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/stats/
NEA: 9892
NEC: 94
NEO = NEA + NEC
NEO = Near Earth Object
NEA = Near Earth Asteroid
NEC = Near Earth Comet
On January 1st, 1998, the NEO count was only 499. In less than 16 years, it has multiplied 20-fold.