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Re: Asteroid Will Miss Earth By Comfortable Distance In 2028

>just to clarify, i am not an advocate of attempting to deceive the public;
>i am, however, in favor of an approach that includes spending a day or two
>in consultation with one's colleagues before disseminating to the general
>media "(near) earth shattering" press releases--especially when pertaining
>to events decades hence.  

You're assuming it can take only a day or so to better resolve an object's
orbit, which is not often the case.  It can take weeks, months or sometimes
even years for this to happen.  1997 XF11 was an unusual exception because a 
prediscovery image was found in only one day.

Ron Baalke
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