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Re: (meteorobs) Record NEO

What would the magnitude of this asteroid be at the time of closest approach?
 
Shy
----- Original Message -----
From: GeoZay@aol.com
To: meteorobs@atmob.org
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 21:28
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Record NEO

In a message dated 10/3/2003 9:50:13 AM Pacific Standard Time, mrclark@internetcds.com writes:

>>An asteroid about the size of a small house passed just 88,000 kilometres
from the Earth on Saturday 27 September - the closest approach of a natural
object ever recorded<<

How about that asteroid that passed over Montana in 1972? I believe it was about similar in size, but a lot closer than the one on the 27th...dot it dipped into the earths atmosphere.
GeoZay


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