Giant asteroid to pass close to Earth

From: Rudolph_X (nospam_at_please.net)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 06:55:09 GMT

"Giant asteroid to pass close to Earth"
<http://abc.net.au/science/news/scitech/SciTechRepublish_1207289.htm>

->http://signs-of-the-times.org/signs/signs.htm

This article give a brief history of 'end-of-the-world' scenarios, and
even has a picture of 'chicken-little with the sky falling on its head.

For a more serious take on the upcoming event see space.com's article.

"Huge Asteroid to Fly Past Earth Wednesday"

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/toutatis_flyby_040927.html

Being a huge sci-fi fan I think that scary stories are more fun. OK, so
we know that its not going to hit, but speculating about the horrific
possiblities makes it far more interesting.