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To: Father Terrence who wrote (3753)3/12/1998 6:11:00 PM
From: Ignacio Mosqueira  Respond to of 4006
 
Hello Terrence. Here is the link: cfa-www.harvard.edu



To: Father Terrence who wrote (3753)3/12/1998 6:17:00 PM
From: Ignacio Mosqueira  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4006
 
Terrence from that link one can estimate the chances of collision to be significant indeed. This is no joke. Say 1 in 1000 from what we have so far. If it were headed our way deflecting it would not be so simple. An explosion would certainly send debris our way. I am sure they are frantically looking earlier observations hoping that it was seen but not noticed



To: Father Terrence who wrote (3753)3/12/1998 7:39:00 PM
From: Ignacio Mosqueira  Respond to of 4006
 
NEWS!!! The danger has passed :) Workers digging up Palomar data have uncovered the asteroid and determined the orbit. Outside the moon!! Marsden is going to catch some flak for this.