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Asteroid Due for Close Approach

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ka-FOOOM dept.

mernil writes "BBC Reports "A giant space rock was set to whizz past the Earth on Monday under the close scrutiny of astronomers. The mountain-sized object had been classed as a "potentially hazardous asteroid", but scientists say there was no danger of a collision with Earth. [...] At this time calculations suggested it would be about 268,873 miles (432,709km) from the Earth, only 1.1 times the planet's distance from the Moon."

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  1. Re:By Larry Niven by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Too many mods are all too quick to mod down what they don't understand. If you're going to mod and you don't understand something don't just to the first conclusion that it's off topic. There is vast amounts of knowledge floating about, don't be surprised if you missed one or two bits of it.