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(meteorobs) No collision in 2028



The asteroid had been found on 18" Palomar Schmidt films taken in 1990
by the PCAS group.  Ken Lawrence of Helin's group identified the images
and from this new astrometry, covering an 8 year arc, both the predicted
position and its uncertainty in 2028 can now be stated with some
confidence.  It won't hit the Earth, but it is a warning.

There were no plates at the UK Schmidt that had images of the asteroid.
Back to unemployment!

Cheers, Rob McNaught
(rmn@aaocbn.aaodot gov.au)