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To: LindyBill who started this subject	2/25/2004 8:35:32 PM
From: mistermj	of 793868

More "scientific" rubbish. How often do these things strike the earth? It seems there has been a couple of "near miss" asteroid stories popping up every year now.Its obvious they are softening up the public for more funds. Earth almost put on impact alert By Dr David Whitehouse BBC News Online science editor No one was quite sure at the beginning where 2004 AS1 was headed Astronomers have revealed how they came within minutes of alerting the world to a potential asteroid strike last month. Some scientists believed on 13 January that a 30m object, later designated 2004 AS1, had a one-in-four chance of hitting the planet within 36 hours. It could have caused local devastation and the researchers contemplated a call to President Bush before new data finally showed there was no danger. The procedures for raising the alarm in such circumstances are now being revised. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< news.bbc.co.uk

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