Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Near Miss

Surprise Asteroid Makes Near-Miss of Earth

A small asteroid buzzed by Earth Monday, though only real astronomy geeks in the Pacific would have noticed.

The rock, estimated to be no more than 200 feet wide, zoomed past our planet at an altitude of 40,000 miles at 1:44 p.m. universal time — or 8:44 EST.
Ok, get off my ass, buy rifle and ammo, hunker down, Lucifer's Hammer is coming.

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