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To: Quix

Just heard Paul Harvey say something about an asteroid missed slamming into earth by 5000 miles. Did anyone else hear that?


424 posted on 08/25/2004 10:03:28 AM PDT by bored at work
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To: bored at work

Yes. It evidently grazed the atmosphere and was thrown into an orbit much closer to the sun than the earth. I forget the size. Was hypothesized to have broken up or exploded if it had been more directly into the atmosphere.

There were only 3-5 sightings of it until after the hazard was gone.

Kind of freaky but no big deal after the fact in terms of any damage etc.

There was another thread on it but I forget the title.


425 posted on 08/25/2004 1:45:03 PM PDT by Quix (PRAYER WARRIORS, DO YOUR STUFF! LIVES AND NATIONS DEPEND ON IT)
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