Government Information Exhibits

Explore this page to find resources for data and statistics on asteroids and related research initiaves from NASA, the European Space Agency, the UN, and other national and international organizations and agencies.

Center for Near Earth Object Studies

Part of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology; supports NASA's Planetary Defense Office.  Useful resources include:

• Background information and data about specific NEO orbits
• Explanations and links to impact risk assessments
• Data and statistics related to NEO discoveries and close approaches

Near-Earth Objects Coordination Center

Hub of the European Space Agency's Planetary Defense Office.  Useful resources include:

• Basic and advanced search options to find information on specific Near Earth Asteroids
• An orbit visualizer
• Data and statistics related to NEO discoveries (see example below)