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Old August 24th 04, 07:36 PM
Andy Guthrie
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The closest observed asteroid yet to skim past the Earth without hitting the
atmosphere, was reported by astronomers on Sunday.

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996307


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Old August 25th 04, 10:54 AM
Martin Frey
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"Andy Guthrie" wrote:

The closest observed asteroid yet to skim past the Earth without hitting the
atmosphere, was reported by astronomers on Sunday.

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996307


One blessing of this bloody weather - it couldn't see us so it didn't
bother to hit us.

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