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Asteroid Heading For Earth Goes Missing
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- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:21:24 GMT
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Asteroid Heading For Earth Goes Missing
The London Times
June 14, 1999
By Nigel Hawkes, Science Editor
The good news is that astronomers have identified an asteroid that could be
on a collision course with Earth. The bad news is that they have lost it.
The object, called 1998 OX4, was found last year by a team at the University
of Arizona, who tracked it for two weeks.
The information the scientists gathered gave an approximate orbit for the
object, which is believed to be several hundred yards in diameter and
capable of continent-wide destruction if it were to collide with Earth.
Full story here:
http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/99/06/14/timnwsnws01006.html?1032133
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