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Earth's Close Shave With An Asteroid
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- Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 15:39:16 GMT
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Earth's close shave with an asteroid
This time, debate over collision threat in 2039 seems calmer
By Alan Boyle
May 24, 1999
But this time, there's been little "sky-is-falling" hysteria, even
though the latest observations have led NASA to raise the chances of an
impact. As things stand now, the risk is still incredibly slim - one chance
in 10 million for 2039, and 1 in 500,000 for an encounter in 2044, according
to astronomer Donald Yeomans, who heads NASA's asteroid-observing effort at
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Full story here:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/272798.asp
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