Added 1 new A* page:A 500-meter asteroid is coming within "14 lunar distances of Earth" today, and that's big and close enough that in theory, Earth-based telescopes will be able to spot it.
Asteroid 2012 LZ1 was only just spotted this week, according to the news article! Makes you wonder what else we're missing out there, doesn't it? :o
| Because of its size and proximity to Earth, 2012 LZ1 qualifies as a potentially hazardous asteroid. Near-Earth asteroids generally have to be at least 500 feet (150 m) wide and come within 4.65 million miles (7.5 million km) of our planet to be classified as potentially hazardous. |
Sweet! =o
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I speculated on our chances of death at the hands--or whatever they have--of swarms of robotic "quadrotors" back in March, but now there's a much creepier four-rotored flying machine to fear...because a Dutch artist made one out of his dead cat. :ooo I give you...Orvillecopter.
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