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Date: March 3rd, 2009

Earth dodges yet another one

3 March, 2009 (21:56) | Human Interest, Science | By: ricjames

Yesterday morning at about the time my daughter was dancing her “snow day” dance – about 8:45 am – a rock 2/3rd the length of a football field was sailing past the Earth at a range of 40,000 miles. The asteroid was discovered by Australian astronomers last Friday. 2009 DD45, as the asteroid is tagged, [...]