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Palomar

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From: USA

Registered: 2002-05-30

Posts: 9,734

Re: Expect the Unexpected

http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/imag … 11.html]It was just tumbling along...

...minding its own business

...when something powerful spied it.   :laugh:

--Cindy

P.S.:  Check out the reason for the "gaps"  :up:

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

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SpaceNut

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Registered: 2004-07-22

Posts: 29,021

Re: Expect the Unexpected

One would think with all the telescopes we have both Earth bound and in Space that we would be more proactive in reviewing all photos and such to make sure that no disasters be fall us.

John Creighton

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From: Nova Scotia, Canada

Registered: 2001-09-04

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Re: Expect the Unexpected

One would think with all the telescopes we have both Earth bound and in Space that we would be more proactive in reviewing all photos and such to make sure that no disasters be fall us.

How proactive? What percent of telescops should be devoted to NEO? How many tellescops should be built?

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