Posts: 344
From: UK
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 07-06-2002 03:54 PM               

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A couple of weeks ago I heard on the news of an asteriod,the size of a football pitch and travelling at 21,000 miles an hour passing the Earth within 75,000 miles. That to me is very close and the astronomers only discovered it 3 days AFTER it passed the Earth. What hope do we have when the BIG one comes!

Jacqueline

Posts: 259
From: Solihull, West Mids, England
Registered: Mar 2002

posted 07-06-2002 04:55 PM               

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Originally posted by Jacqueline:
What hope do we have when the BIG one comes!

Jacqueline

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None.

Maybe the Ostrich has the right idea.

Best wishes anyway

Rob W

Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 07-08-2002 01:11 AM               

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Jacqueline,

I believe it was discovered 1 day BEFORE it passed next to Earth ( about 1/3 distance Earth - Moon )
Best regards from BELGIUM