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Asteroid hits Earth…
By newsguy | October 7, 2008
Scientists were today celebrating the first successful prediction of an asteroid smashing into the Earth’s atmosphere.
Although it didn’t actually hit Earth, it had an impact out of all proportion to its size - because it enabled experts to prove they could warn of potentially catastrophic asteroid strikes.
‘It’s the first time we’ve been able to predict an impactor in advance,’ said Donald Yeomans, manager of Nasa’s Near Earth Object program, which tracks asteroids and comets that come close to our planet.
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