Re: Huygens or the Prince?
From: Jonathan Silverlight (jsilverlight_at_spam.merseia.fsnet.co.uk.invalid)
Date: 01/15/05
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Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:59:36 +0000
In message <igkhu0pa2c8ma6mta7g0a0anfg9b384s05@4ax.com>, OM
<om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_research_facility.org> writes
>On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 05:02:48 GMT, "Greg D. Moore \(G00ber\)"
><mooregr_deleteth1s@greenms.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>I seem to recall an asteroid in the 1970s that came a heck of a lot closer
>>and would probably have put a good size chunk in at least a city block or
>>two had it hit the wrong place.
>
>...Yep, and one super-8 enthusiast actually caught the skim through
>the atmosphere.
>
Two, according to this site
<http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/1972.html>. I suspect that if its
path had brought it below 60km it would simply have broken up, rather
than hit, but it's still the closest approach yet. Did anyone see the
return?
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