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Another Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Discovered (1999 RM45)
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Another Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Discovered
SpaceViews
October 5, 1999
Astronomers reported this week the discovery another near-Earth asteroid
that has an extremely small, but non-zero, chance of colliding with the
Earth in the mid-21st century.
The asteroid, 1999 RM45, has less than a 1-in-100 million chance of
colliding with the Earth in either 2042 or 2050, according to preliminary
orbit predictions made by scientists at the University of Pisa, Italy, and
announced Monday, October 4.
The asteroid, estimated to be between 340 and 770 meters (1,120 and 2,540
feet) in diameter, was discovered September 14 by the LINEAR telescope in
New Mexico. A total of 38 observations were made by astronomers in the week
following discovery, enough for a preliminary orbit determination, although
the asteroid has not been observed since the 20th.
Full story here:
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/10/05b.html
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