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Asteroid To Be Naked-Eye Visible In 2029

Posted by timothy on from the not-in-all-jurisdictions-see-local-listings dept.

An anonymous reader writes "SPACE.com is reporting that asteroid 2004 MN4 will fly so close to Earth in 2029 that it'll be visible to the naked eye. Other than barely-visible Vesta, this is a first. And 2004 MN4 will be about magnitude 3.3 -- like a dim but easily visible star. A moving star in this case. You might remember 2004 MN4 is the one that sparked worry, in December, that it would hit Earth. No worries, NASA says, just a once-in-a-millennium sky show."

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  1. Nasa says by Id+guy · · Score: -1, Troll

    I for one would not trust NASA. I mean look at what they were saying 12 years ago about "The sun burning itself out". Though I admit that they have a few genius men in their crew, they have a lot of dolts too. I conclude that in 2029 MN4 will crash into the Earth and destroy London,Oxford,Greenwhich, and a few other important cities.