{
  "meta": {
    "key": "large_nea_discoveries",
    "title": "Known NEAs, Roughly 1 km+",
    "unit": "asteroids",
    "category": "Space",
    "source": "JPL CNEOS, derived from the Minor Planet Center catalogue",
    "sourceUrl": "https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/stats/",
    "verified": "2026-10-20",
    "url": "https://exponentialtracker.com/curve/large_nea_discoveries",
    "csv": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/large_nea_discoveries.csv",
    "json": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/large_nea_discoveries.json",
    "retrievedFrom": "Compiled by Exponential Tracker and re-derived from the source named above. Rebuilt on every deploy, so re-fetch rather than trusting a saved copy to be current.",
    "rights": "The underlying data belongs to JPL CNEOS, derived from the Minor Planet Center catalogue. This compilation may be reused with attribution to Exponential Tracker. No licence is claimed or implied over the source data.",
    "citation": "Exponential Tracker, \"Known NEAs, Roughly 1 km+\", exponentialtracker.com/curve/large_nea_discoveries, data verified 2026-10-20. Underlying source: JPL CNEOS, derived from the Minor Planet Center catalogue."
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "year": 1999.99,
      "value": 299,
      "label": "LINEAR finds 38 of the 54"
    },
    {
      "year": 2000.99,
      "value": 378,
      "label": "79 found: the record year"
    },
    {
      "year": 2001.99,
      "value": 441
    },
    {
      "year": 2002.99,
      "value": 505
    },
    {
      "year": 2003.99,
      "value": 559
    },
    {
      "year": 2004.99,
      "value": 607
    },
    {
      "year": 2005.99,
      "value": 657,
      "label": "Catalina overtakes LINEAR"
    },
    {
      "year": 2006.99,
      "value": 688
    },
    {
      "year": 2007.99,
      "value": 714
    },
    {
      "year": 2008.99,
      "value": 734
    },
    {
      "year": 2009.99,
      "value": 758
    },
    {
      "year": 2010.99,
      "value": 772
    },
    {
      "year": 2011.99,
      "value": 790
    },
    {
      "year": 2012.99,
      "value": 804
    },
    {
      "year": 2013.99,
      "value": 816
    },
    {
      "year": 2014.99,
      "value": 826,
      "label": "Pan-STARRS takes the lead"
    },
    {
      "year": 2015.99,
      "value": 835
    },
    {
      "year": 2016.99,
      "value": 842
    },
    {
      "year": 2017.99,
      "value": 849
    },
    {
      "year": 2018.99,
      "value": 855
    },
    {
      "year": 2019.99,
      "value": 862
    },
    {
      "year": 2020.99,
      "value": 865,
      "label": "Just 3 found all year"
    },
    {
      "year": 2021.99,
      "value": 870
    },
    {
      "year": 2022.99,
      "value": 875
    },
    {
      "year": 2023.99,
      "value": 877
    },
    {
      "year": 2024.99,
      "value": 879
    },
    {
      "year": 2025.99,
      "value": 881,
      "label": "2 found in the whole year"
    }
  ]
}