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First close-ups of TU24

Here:

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-014

To quote:

With these first radar observations finished, we can guarantee that next week's 1.4-lunar-distance approach is the closest until at least the end of the next century," said Steve Ostro, JPL astronomer and principal investigator for the project. "It is also the asteroid's closest Earth approach for more than 2,000 years."

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