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Closest Asteroid Yet Flies Past Earth
lmcl writes "New Scientist reports that an asteroid about the size of a small house passed just 88,000 kilometres from the Earth by on Saturday 27 September - the closest approach of a natural object ever recorded. Geostationary communication satellites circle the Earth 42,000km from the planet's centre. The asteroid, designated 2003 SQ222, came from inside the Earth's orbit and so was only spotted after it had whizzed by."
In Soviet Russia, Earth flies past asteroid!
You were in bed with a real woman! Wow that is almost as amazing as being struck by an asteroid!
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Wait aren't you also a slashdot reader? Why do you keep depreciating yourselves?
Trolls dont like to be Flamebait, because they burn so well. Protect our Troll heritage!
I have heard of this theory, but the Limestone deposits in Zaire and other notable sites tend to contradict this thesis.
The sighting in Wales is very interesting, not only was it not spotted by NASA with their third world debt budget, and reported by a 15 year old school kid, but NASA stole his photos to put on their website with no credits.
Whoever modded the parent flamebait just proved that /. is full of liberal hippies and peaceniks.
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The real unfortunate thing here is..
That no Slashbots were killed in this asteroid fly-by. I hope asteroids fall on Slashbots and kill them for being stupid fucking faggots.
Fuck you fags. Go out and get laid or something instead of looking up in the sky and screaming about how the sky is faling like a bunch of dumbass idiots. I hate you fags and I hope you all fall over and die.
If you don't want me to hate you, take the dicks out of your mouths and get fucking lives instead of being stupid assclown Lunix zealots. You all make me sick, and probably won't pay attention for someone who actually lives in the real world instead of your make-believe Lunix fantasy.
Fuck right off. Assholes.
You're comma should be before teh quotes, genious.
Do you want to know more?
That link isn't educational.
If I point out that you are incorrect, making me a foe does not make you any more correct.
Huh, "meters"? Come on now, what's than in volkswagens?
(And is a meteroid a yardoid or a footoid in America? )