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Asteroid Flyby

The asteroid 2004 XP14 will be passing within the moon’s distance of Earth in one hour and 33 minutes!

Edit: I saw the asteroid. It’s visible with the naked eye, but I could see some details using binoculars (I had more luck than with a telescope).

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4 Responses to “Asteroid Flyby”

  1. Saruwatari Taiki Says:
    July 2nd, 2006 at 8:11 pm

    Ahhh!

  2. Joseph Says:
    July 2nd, 2006 at 10:39 pm

    Well, we lived. :P

  3. Eamon Says:
    July 2nd, 2006 at 11:18 pm

    Yeah… :P

  4. Aveger Says:
    July 3rd, 2006 at 4:15 pm

    That whacky Pentagon, they sure gave us a scare this time!

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