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Asteroid collision alert

MSNBC
The Associated Press
Updated: 9:12 p.m. ET Dec. 23, 2004
LOS ANGELES - "There’s a 1-in-300 chance that a recently discovered asteroid, believed to be about 1,300 feet (400 meters) long, could hit Earth in 2029, a NASA scientist said Thursday, but he added that the perceived risk probably will be eliminated once astronomers get more detail about its orbit."

Check out the plane this baby is on at Orbit Simulation and it comes close to Venus too.

Like most of these newfound or rediscovered NEO's once the true orbit is determined they are lowered or dropped from the Torino scale.

But hey, it's fun to scare friends for the moment.

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