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Small Asteroid Just Misses Earth
January 29, 2012 | MSNBC

An asteroid measuring somewhere between 20 and 60 feet in diameter came within 37,000 miles of hitting the Earth – that’s about 1/6 of the distance between Earth and Moon.


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April 25, 2012 | Planetary Resources
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Close Call With an Asteroid on November 8th
November 3, 2011 | NASA
On Tuesday, November 8th, Asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass within 0.85 lunar units of the...

Asteroid 2005 YU55 Encounters Earth
April 11, 2011 | NASA
A potentially dangerous near-earth asteroid named 2005 YU55 will pass within 0.85 lunar distances from...

Dawn Spacecraft to Orbit the Vesta Asteroid
June 26, 2011 | NASA
"Dawn spacecraft is on track to begin the first extended visit to a large asteroid....


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