Ivan Seeking
Mar23-04, 02:37 PM
An asteroid flew past Earth last week so close that it nearly entered an orbital halo where weather satellites roam. Scientists spotted it March 15 and watched it zoom by just three days later. It posed no threat, but there are hundreds of thousands more where that one came from.
And while asteroid 2004 FH, as it is known, was watched calmly by astronomers, a more frightening scenario unfolded two months earlier:
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http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/asteroid_warning_040322.html
And while asteroid 2004 FH, as it is known, was watched calmly by astronomers, a more frightening scenario unfolded two months earlier:
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http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/asteroid_warning_040322.html