Asteroid 2004 MN4 has slim chance of Earth hit
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A recently discovered 1,300 feet long asteroid -- 2004 MN4 --has a slim chance of hitting Earth in the year 2029, according to the statements of NASA.
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There&#39;s a one-in-300 chance a recently discovered asteroid, believed to be about 400 metres long, could hit Earth in 2029, a NASA scientist said Thursday.
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An asteroid named for a Celtic god of war will come as close to Earth this week as it has since 1353. The space rock known as Toutatis will come on Wednesday within 960,000 miles of
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Toutatis, a mountain-sized asteroid, will today come the closest to the Earth since at least the 12th century, giving scientists an opportunity to gather data about it, NASA said on its Web site.
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Summary - (Sep 29, 2004) As predicted, Asteroid Toutatis made its closest approach to the Earth today, passing a mere 1.5 million km (930,000 miles) away from our planet - 4 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
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There have been a limited number of sightings of Asteroid 2004 MN4, which has been given a rating of 2 on the 10-point Torino Impact Hazard Scale used to predict asteroid or comet impacts.
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A disabled U.S. spy satellite is  likely to break into small pieces when it falls to Earth within  weeks, posing little danger to humans, U.S. government  officials and space experts said on Monday.
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By Mike Swain EXPERTS have called for a pounds 150 million &quot;Armageddon-style&quot; space mission to deflect an asteroid which may be heading for Earth. Astronomers believe the asteroid Apophis has a one in 45,000 chance of hitting the planet on April 13, 2036.
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The possibility of a collision between Mars and an approaching asteroid has been effectively ruled out, according to scientists watching the space rock
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THIS week Earth will get its closest known shave this century from a big asteroid, a monster big enough to extinguish billions of lives were it ever to collide with the planet.
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NASA's Opportunity Mars rover has come across  an interesting object&nbsp;-- perhaps a meteorite sitting out in the open at Meridiani  Planum. Initial data taken by the robot's Mini-Thermal Emission Spectrometer  (Mini-TES) is suggestive that the odd-looking rock is made of  metal.
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PARIS  -- A rock measuring less than 10 metres (33 feet) across zipped past the Earth at the closest distance ever detected, but it would not have posed any threat if it had struck our planet, astronomers said.      The "very small" asteroid missed the Earth on March 31 by the wafer-thin gap of 6,500 kilometers (4,000 miles), according to an email circulated by the international network NEO News (NEO stands for Near-Earth Object)...
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Jet Propulsion Lab -- A mountain-sized asteroid made its closest approach to Earth at 6:35 a.m. Pacific Time (9:35 a.m...
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The risk that an asteroid capable of wiping out humanity will crash into Earth is minuscule, new calculations suggest, but the chances of a smaller one destroying a city or setting off a catastrophic tsunami remain unclear and may be higher than previous estimates.
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An asteroid hurtling towards Mars has a one in 75 chance of chance of scoring a direct hit on the red planet next month, NASA experts said in a statement Friday.
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The US spacecraft Dawn, due to launch on Sunday, will take a close look at two massive asteroids to try to penetrate the mystery of our solar system&#39;s origins 4.6 billion years ago.
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Friday the 13th has an ominous meaning for some people. Friday, April 13, 2029 might have an ominious meaning for everyone. That&#39;s when a 1,300-foot asteroid known as 2004 MN4 could hit the Earth: NASA has