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Re: Asteroid Will Miss Earth By Comfortable Distance In 2028
I'm not assuming anything of the sort; my comment was intended to be
tongue-in-cheek. The notion I was hoping to convey is that a little more
time be taken before information is forwarded to journalists.
By the way, I'm learning a great deal from your postings and again I wish
to express my gratitude.
I feel compelled to BRIEFLY respond to a rather limp Cambridge posting...
At 05:08 PM 3/17/98 +0000, Ron Baalke wrote:
>
>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
>>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.
>
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