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Re:A small asteroid (~5 m) will hit Sudan on 2008 Oct 07 024... by d0mine on Monday October 06, 2008 @05:10PM (#325306)
"It is very unlikely that any sizable fragments will survive passage through the Earth's atmosphere." http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news159.html
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Re:A small asteroid (~5 m) will hit Sudan on 2008 Oct 07 024... by timtrueman on Monday October 06, 2008 @08:15PM (#325490)
"Objects of this size would be expected to enter the Earth's atmosphere every few months on average but this is the first time such an event has been predicted ahead of time."

That's pretty significant/awesome.

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Re:A small asteroid (~5 m) will hit Sudan on 2008 Oct 07 024... by run4yourlives on Monday October 06, 2008 @05:56PM (#325356)
In other words, barely news.
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Re:A small asteroid (~5 m) will hit Sudan on 2008 Oct 07 024... by utx00 on Monday October 06, 2008 @06:26PM (#325400)
it's the first time something like this has been predicted though. that's something.
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Re:A small asteroid (~5 m) will hit Sudan on 2008 Oct 07 024... by run4yourlives on Monday October 06, 2008 @06:53PM (#325427)
Fair point, I missed that.
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Re:A small asteroid (~5 m) will hit Sudan on 2008 Oct 07 024... by lutorm on Tuesday October 07, 2008 @11:37AM (#325765)
Not to mention the 1kt energy is not too shabby, even if it's far up.
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