Asteroid 2012
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Asteroid To Give Earth A Near-Miss On Thursday
A house-size asteroid will give Earth a near-miss Thursday, passing harmlessly inside the Moon's orbit while giving experts a rare chance to rehearse for a real-life strike threat.
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NASA To Observe Asteroid Flyby To Test Planetary Defense Technology
A small asteroid that is expected to fly close to the Earth will provide NASA an opportunity to test its network of observatories and systems for planetary defense, scientists say.
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Asteroid 2012 DA14 inspires Friday's animated Google doodle
This is one of the most subtle doodles we've seen in recent times.
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Asteroid 2012 DA14 no danger to Earth: NASA
At its closest approach, DA14 will be 27,300 km from Earth, about a tenth of the distance between here and the Moon.
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Newly-found asteroid buzzes past Earth
A newly-discovered asteroid passed in close proximity to the earth on Tuesday, just 14,000 km above the planet's surface, but caused no damage to the orbiting communication satellites. The asteroid "2012 KT42," which entered the Clark Belt of geosynchronous satellites, passed by the earth at around 1230 hours, SN Raghunandan Kumar of Planetary Soci...
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Bus-sized asteroid comes extremely close to Earth
A bus-sized newly discovered asteroid today came extremely close to the Earth, coming much nearer than the Moon, space scientists said.
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Asteroid To Give Earth A Near-Miss On Thursday
A house-size asteroid will give Earth a near-miss Thursday, passing harmlessly inside the Moon's orbit while giving experts a rare chance to rehearse for a real-life strike threat.
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NASA To Observe Asteroid Flyby To Test Planetary Defense Technology
A small asteroid that is expected to fly close to the Earth will provide NASA an opportunity to test its network of observatories and systems for planetary defense, scientists say.
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Asteroid 2012 DA14 inspires Friday's animated Google doodle
This is one of the most subtle doodles we've seen in recent times.
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Asteroid 2012 DA14 no danger to Earth: NASA
At its closest approach, DA14 will be 27,300 km from Earth, about a tenth of the distance between here and the Moon.
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Newly-found asteroid buzzes past Earth
A newly-discovered asteroid passed in close proximity to the earth on Tuesday, just 14,000 km above the planet's surface, but caused no damage to the orbiting communication satellites. The asteroid "2012 KT42," which entered the Clark Belt of geosynchronous satellites, passed by the earth at around 1230 hours, SN Raghunandan Kumar of Planetary Soci...
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Bus-sized asteroid comes extremely close to Earth
A bus-sized newly discovered asteroid today came extremely close to the Earth, coming much nearer than the Moon, space scientists said.
