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The designation is already used in other parts of the world to raise awareness for space science and planetary defense.

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Asteroids aim for the moon, too We worry a lot about an asteroid striking Earth, but we don't seem to hear much about the fate of our closest cosmic neighbor.

Asteroids around Venus, shown in the background above during a 2012 transit, are difficult to track because they fall inside Earth's orbit and are obscured by the sun's glare.