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Asteroid will buzz, miss Earth -- unlike meteor

February 15, 2013

A 150-foot asteroid hurtled toward Earth's backyard, destined today to make the closest known flyby for a rock of its size. In a chilling coincidence, a meteor exploded above Russia's Ural Mountains just hours before the asteroid was due to zoom past the planet. Scientists the world over, along with NASA, insisted the meteor had nothing to do with the incoming asteroid since they appeared to...

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130215/news/702159855/
 
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