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Small Asteroid Making 400,000 Mile Pass By Earth

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the summon-bruce-willis dept.

AtariKee writes "Universe Today is reporting that a small 10m asteroid, discovered earlier this month and named 2009 BD, is passing within 400,000 miles of Earth. Although the asteroid poses no threat to the planet, the site reports that the asteroid is still very interesting, as it may be a rare co-orbital asteroid (as in, shares the same orbit as Earth)."

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  1. Re:Mining NEOs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    OIIIIIIL they got OIIIIIL!!! Send the Marines now! Let's bomb those NEOs to stoneage!
    Ops. I forgot that Dubbya left the White House...