National Near Miss Day

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National Near Miss Day in USA in 2024
Image: Red Arrows Near Miss. by Tony Hisgett , from Flickr.

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Dates of National Near Miss Day
2024 USA Saturday, March 23rdNational Near Miss Day
2023 USA Thursday, March 23rdNational Near Miss Day
2022 USA Wednesday, March 23rdNational Near Miss Day
2021 USA Tuesday, March 23rdNational Near Miss Day
2020 USA Monday, March 23rdNational Near Miss Day
Summary
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Near Miss Day commemorates the day a huge Asteroid nearly missed hitting the earth. 

On March 23rd 1989, 4581 Asclepius, an asteroid the size of a mountain, came within 500,000 miles of a collision with Earth. In interstellar terms, it was a near miss. Had it collided with the Earth, it would have left a devastating crater the size of Washington, D.C. Its effect on the planet would have been catastrophic. Since then, there have been other near misses. 

The Near Miss Day’s origin and the creator are anonymous.

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