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Asteroid 2010 GA6 flyby – to Miss Earth on 8th/9th April

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A newly discovered asteroid, 2010 GA6, will fly by Earth this Thursday at 23:06 UTC ie Friday, 9 April 2010, 04:36:00 am IST. This Asteroid would miss us by about 359000 kilometers (223000 miles) which is about 9/10ths the distance to the moon. The size of the asteroid is reported to be Watch video…

NASA Briefs Media on Comet Flyby

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News conference held Feb. 15 following the flyby of comet Tempel 1 by the Stardust-NExT spacecraft on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. The spacecraft’s closest approach was a distance of 112 miles. Participants are: Ed Weiler, NASA’s associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, Washington; Joe Veverka, Stardust-NExT principal investigator, Cornell University; Tim Larson, Stardust-NExT Watch video…

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