07-July-2006, 01:21 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: USA
Posts: 488
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A Narrow Miss for Earth
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July 3, 2006 — While most Americans were fast asleep Sunday night, an asteroid came within 270,000 miles of hitting Earth — about the same distance between our planet and the moon, and a close call in space terms.
The asteroid called 2004-XP-14 traveled at 11 miles per second, or 40,000 mph, and was nearly 1,300 feet in diameter.
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Better luck next time, Apophis. 
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