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Originally Posted by MargaretR
An asteroid which may be as big as a ten-storey building has passed close by the Earth, astronomers say.
The object, known as 2009 DD45, thought to be 21-47m (68-152ft) across, raced by our planet at 1344 GMT on Monday
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7921279.stm
It makes me wonder whether we would be told if 'the big one' is coming
...so much for 'open government' and 'freedom of info'
...are they afraid of mass panic?
...and would we run riot?
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'According to the U.S.-based Planetary Society, the space rock was discovered only two days ago in the sky Rob McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory in Australia, when it was "a dim speck about 1.5 million kilometres away" the group wrote on Tuesday.'
Giant spacerock passed 72,000 km from Earth Monday
'Don't panic! Don't panic!
Well, okay, we should have been allowed to panic, at least for those two days...or party like it's Armageddon.
'Hello can I have a cab back to the Stag please?'
