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Re:NASA predicts asteroid to make one of closest approaches ... by zardo on Friday January 27, 2023 @06:39PM (#34553321)
The US and USSR were looking very closely for much smaller objects leaving and entering the atmosphere.
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Re:NASA predicts asteroid to make one of closest approaches ... by wrycoder on Friday January 27, 2023 @08:09PM (#34554019)
True, but are they finding them - especially the ones on the sun side of our orbit? Remember, this one was found by an amateur. Now, NASA is claiming authority for it.
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