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1. News - World - SPACE

   Asteroid to whizz past Earth today

   Posted Feb 15th 2013, 05:42pm by Agence France Presse

   ... News World Asteroid Agence France Presse Nasa is keeping close tabs on a sizable asteroid set to whizz past our planet in what the US space agency says is the closest fly-by ever predicted for such a large object. About 45 metres in diameter, the asteroid – dubbed last year DA 14 – is expected to pass about 27,000 kilometres above the Earth at the time of closest approach, about 3.25am Hong ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1151022/asteroid-whizz-past-earth-today
2. News - World - SCIENCE

   Asteroid to narrowly miss Earth, scientists say

   Posted Feb 08th 2013, 09:49am by Agence France-Presse in Washington

   ... shave, Nasa said there was nothing to fear. “This asteroid’s orbit is so well known that we can say with confidence that even considering it’s orbital uncertainties, it can pass no closer than ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1145891/asteroid-narrowly-miss-earth-scientists-say
3. News - World - SPACE

   Dark, sticky QE2 asteroid to pass by Earth on June 1

   Posted May 20th 2013, 12:00am by MCT

   ... News World Asteroid Space Science McClatchy-Tribune in Los Angeles It is 2.7 kilometres long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it hit Earth it would probably result in global extinction. Good thing it is just making a flyby. Asteroid 1998 QE2 will make its closest pass to Earth at 4.59 am Hong Kong time on June ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1241338/dark-sticky-qe2-asteroid-pass-earth-june-1
4. News - World

   Astronomers and amateurs brace for a year of comets and close asteroids

   Posted Jan 07th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News World Astronomy Asteroid Comet Agence France-Presse in Paris The close passing of two asteroids and two comets to be gifts from heaven for stargazers Astronomers are gearing for thrills this year when earth gets buzzed by two rogue asteroids and two comets. This week, scientists who scour the heavens for dangerous space rocks will be tracking an asteroid called 99942 ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1121599/astronomers-and-amateurs-brace-year-comets-and-close-asteroids
5. Award honours the find of a universal lifetime

   Posted Jun 10th 2012, 12:00am

   ... remnants from the solar system's formation. An AU is the distance between the sun and earth, roughly 149 million kilometres. It is similar to the asteroid belt, but instead ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/1003556/award-honours-find-universal-lifetime
6. News - World - SPACE

   Nasa lays out wild plan to corral asteroid

   Posted Apr 07th 2013, 12:00am by MCT

   ... that even supporters admit sounds buck-wild: corralling an asteroid with a spacecraft so future astronauts can go visit it. Obama administration officials said the operation had the potential ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1208687/nasa-lays-out-wild-plan-corral-asteroid
7. City University motto inspires a celestial first

   Posted Dec 20th 2010, 12:00am by Canace Wong

   ... Year of Birth Missing Asteroid Canace Wong A university motto is being used to name asteroids for the first time. A recently discovered asteroid has been named 'Bowenyueli', pinyin for the Chinese University motto that means 'to broaden one's intellectual horizon and to keep within the bounds of propriety'. Another recently discovered asteroid has been ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/733817/city-university-motto-inspires-celestial-first
8. News - World - SPACE

   Wary earthlings watch sky in meteor's wake

   Posted Feb 17th 2013, 12:00am by AGENCIES

   ... scientist Dr Bill Cooke said the orbital path of the meteor showed that it was an asteroid, not a comet. It hit on the same day that astronomers were watching another larger rock, known as 2012 ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1151959/wary-earthlings-watch-sky-meteors-wake
9. The asteroid missed ... but a hit would have wiped out HK

   Posted Feb 03rd 2008, 12:00am by Annemarie Evans

   ... no cohesive international effort exists to observe for incoming asteroids. There are a couple of projects funded by the US Air Force, but other than that, surveys are largely carried out by amateur ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/625327/asteroid-missed-hit-would-have-wiped-out-hk
10. DOCUMENTARY WATCH

    Posted Mar 14th 2003, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... Astronomy Astronomy Asteroid Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet Fireballs From Space World, 9pm This astronomical detective story takes an exhilarating ride aboard asteroids, comets and other celestial bodies that cross Earth's orbit and, some ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/409207/documentary-watch

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