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#1 2004-04-01 11:45:22

Ian Flint
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Re: Ateroid Impact: 12 Years Away! - Check this out!

Can this be real?

It says that a 200 meter diameter near earth asteroid (NEA) is on a collision course with Earth.

"We are nearly certain that it will enter the Earth's atmosphere in the year 2016." -- principal investigator.

Check it out here:

[http://www.space.com/news/asteroid_british_000915.html]http://www.space.com/news/asteroid_british_000915.html

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#2 2004-04-01 12:05:25

Bill White
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Re: Ateroid Impact: 12 Years Away! - Check this out!

Can this be real?

It says that a 200 meter diameter near earth asteroid (NEA) is on a collision course with Earth.

"We are nearly certain that it will enter the Earth's atmosphere in the year 2016." -- principal investigator.

Check it out here:

[http://www.space.com/news/asteroid_british_000915.html]http://www.space.com/news/asteroid_british_000915.html

The link is from 15 September 2000. . .

Got any better data? Or maybe re-post tomorrow, April 2nd?

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#3 2004-04-01 12:22:42

RobS
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Re: Ateroid Impact: 12 Years Away! - Check this out!

There were several false alarms back then. The asteroid-searching teams now have better mechanisms to make sure anything they say is reliable and won't cause unnecessary panic.

          -- RobS

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#4 2004-04-01 17:10:27

Ian Flint
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Re: Ateroid Impact: 12 Years Away! - Check this out!

Good job Bill.

Hey, you have to have some April Fool's jokes, right?

Maybe next year I'll spend more than 15 seconds preparing one.

If I remember right there was a good one last year about Bill Gates initiating a Mars mission.

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