To: NormsRevenge
No. It missed earth by "only" 500,000 miles in 1937.
To: LibWhacker
wow .. that's pretty close. Thanks.
15 posted on
10/16/2003 10:52:55 AM PDT by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... HELP STOMP OUT FReepathons.. Become a Monthly . Thanks)
To: LibWhacker
No. It missed earth by "only" 500,000 miles in 1937. That's just over 7 hours in Earth's orbit around the sun.
66 years ago
That's .082% margin of error in the calculations between observations.
35 posted on
10/16/2003 6:55:01 PM PDT by
Phsstpok
(often wrong, but never in doubt)
To: LibWhacker
Snagging one of this size and parking it in a Lagrange point would sure save some space station building dough...
38 posted on
10/16/2003 7:45:08 PM PDT by
Axenolith
(Hey, look at that little critter...Yaaaa! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!!!!)
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