> A small near-Earth asteroid (NEA), discovered Monday night by the > NASA-funded LINEAR asteroid survey, will make the closest approach to > Earth ever recorded. (...) > > The object, designated 2004 FH, is roughly 30 meters (...) > Of course, since the radius of the detected objects decay with time, the closest approach range will also decrease. I imagine that in 50 years we will hear something like:
The object, designated 2054 FHC, is roughly 0.2967 meters in diameter and will pass just 151.75 km above the Earth's surface on 2054-03-18 17:08:32 GMT Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
