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Oooops
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-195
quote Small asteroid 2013 LR6 will safely fly past this evening at 9:42 p.m. PDT (which is June 8 at 12:42 a.m. EDT/June 8 at 04:42 UTC) at a distance of about 65,000 miles (105,000 kilometers) above Earth's surface. The space rock, which is about 30 feet (10 meters) in diameter, will be above the Southern Ocean, south of Tasmania, at the time of closest approach. Asteroid 2013 LR6 was discovered by the NASA-sponsored Catalina Sky Survey on June 6. end quote You read THAT? There was only a 2 day warning between detection (June 6) and passage only 105 000 Km away!!!!!!! Humans still do not realize the danger. NASA's Near-Earth Object Program is underfunded, Europe hasn't even a dedicated telescope for observing those rocks. The scare of the Russian impact gone, we are back at "business as usual" i.e. no business at all |
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