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Asteroid

Name

Poseidon

Type

Asteroid

Method

Nuclear charges for fracturing the asteroid

Mission

International collaboration to defuse the asteroid

Discovery

Late 20th century

Consequences

Radioactive debris from nuclear charges

Threat status

Collision course with Earth (resolved)

Collision year

2050 (averted)

World's response

International collaboration for future asteroid defense and accelerated Mars Colonization

Mars Colonization

Development of asteroid defenses

Asteroid