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RECORD-SETTING ASTEROID FLYBY!
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 6406905:MV8yMTIyOTMyXzM1ODIyMzkxXzQxMjEzQjE4] [quote:Anonymous Coward 27760252:MV8yMTIyOTMyXzM1ODIyMTk1XzQ1QzgyQjZG] [quote:Wash:MV8yMTIyOTMyXzM1NUE3MDQ1] On Feb. 15th an asteroid about half the size of a football field will fly past Earth closer than many man-made satellites. Since regular sky surveys began in the 1990s, astronomers have never seen an object so big come so close to our planet. http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/28jan_2012da/ [/quote] The article says that it STRIKES the Earth every 1200 years or so. How can it strike and keep on going? [/quote] Uses energizers I bet. [/quote]
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On Feb. 15th an asteroid about half the size of a football field will fly past Earth closer than many man-made satellites. Since regular sky surveys began in the 1990s, astronomers have never seen an object so big come so close to our planet.
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