Take a look at the resources below for everything you need to plan a successful event, host an Apophis outreach activity, or develop your own planetary defense resources related to IYAPD!
Press Kit
🔗Find promotional materials, press releases, and logos at this link.
Presentation material
To come.
Documents
Resolution by the United Nations General Assembly, on the declaration of 2029 as the International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence. This officially established Asteroids2029 in order to take advantage of the unique occasion of the close approach of 99942 Apophis in 2029 for a worldwide campaign to raise awareness regarding asteroids and to highlight the collaborative efforts being undertaken by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses Outer Space to mitigate the potential hazard posed by the impact on the Earth of near-Earth objects, and as an excellent opportunity for a global educational campaign about near-Earth objects. View this link for the UN General Assembly Declaration for Asteroids2029
Fact Sheet on the Apophis Close Approach, and some of the potential cascading hazards from an asteroid impact. This one-page (front and back) document explains some of the early information about Apophis and how some agencies may prepare for potential impacts from objects the size of Apophis. Click this link to view the Fact Sheet landing page and download.
National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan (2018). This guidance document was developed to compile preparedness plans and strategies to address the hazard of near-Earth object impacts, building on efforts from NASA to detect and characterize the near-Earth object population and recent efforts in the United States to prepare and respond to an asteroid impact. Access the NEO Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan here.
National Preparedness Strategy & Action Plan for Near-Earth Object Hazards and Planetary Defense (2023). This guidance document updates and improves preparedness plans to address the hazard of near-Earth object impacts, building on efforts from NASA to better detect and characterize the near-Earth object population and recent efforts in the United States to prepare and respond to an asteroid impact. Access the National Preparedness Strategy & Action Plan for NEO Hazards and Planetary Defense here.