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Asteroid 2002 NT7 Removed from IMPACT RISKS page Don Yeomans Manager, Near-Earth Object Program Recent positional observations of asteroid 2002 NT7 have been used to update and improve this object's orbit and as a result, all possibilities for an Earth impact in the next 100 years have been eliminated. This object's orbit, along with the orbits of all near-Earth objects, will be improved continuously as additional observations become available. When the orbital information is sufficiently accurate, the future orbital extrapolations of these near-Earth objects will be carried out for more than 100 years. Asteroid 2002 NY40 Whizzes Past Earth 'Near miss' asteroid whizzes past Earth EDMONTON - Star gazers got their telescopes and binoculars ready over the weekend, trying to spot an asteroid which came closer to the Earth than any space rock of its size has in 77 years. The 800-metre-wide asteroid whizzed over North American skies late Saturday, missing the planet by about 530,000 kilometres, slightly farther away than the Moon but still a "near miss" by astronomers' standards. Star gazer David Roles said it was a moment he'll never forget. "Oh I'm really happy that we got a glimpse of it," he said. "Because it's not very often we see an object that close to the Earth." Point your browser to the following URL to get the full story: http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/08/18/asteroid020818
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