NASA has commenced new programme for NEOs
Q. NASA has commenced a programme for detection and tracking of NEOs. What are NEOs?- Published on 18 Jan 16a. Near Earth Objects
b. New Earth Objects
c. Near Endemic Objects
d. Near Entropic Objects
ANSWER: Near Earth Objects
NASA has commenced a new programme for detection and tracking of near Earth objects - comets and asteroids passing by the orbit of earth- to ward off threats to the planet. Close to 13,500 near Earth objects of differing sizes have been discovered to date with 95% of them since NASA funded surveys commenced in 1998. Close to 1,500 NEOs have been detected each year.
