I dont know how many of you get the NASA news but there is some
interesting data at the URL. This asteriod will be the closest it gets
until 2028. It is mag 12.8. This is the one that the early predictions
said would hit the earth in 2028 but now we know that it will be 2.5 lunar
distances away.
NASA Science News for October 31, 2002
Near-Earth asteroid 1997 XF11, which briefly scared astronomers five years
ago, passes by Earth again this week on Halloween.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/31oct_1997xf11.htm?list859022
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Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)