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**xpllmr** · 05-30-2012, 04:28 PM

It kind of makes me wonder if this is in any way related to the face cannibal + guy throwing his intestines at police.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...05-29-19-21-18

May 29, 7:21 PM EDT

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- A newly discovered small asteroid has harmlessly zipped close to Earth - just as scientists expected.
The 16-foot-long space rock, discovered on Memorial Day, passed by early Tuesday at a distance of 8,950 miles from the Earth's surface.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which tracks such flybys, said the asteroid - dubbed 2012 KT42 - was the sixth closest asteroid approach.

It was the second asteroid encounter this week. On Monday, another asteroid, measuring 69 feet across, flew by at a distance of 32,000 miles.

05-30-2012, 04:28 PM	#1
xpllmr Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 875 Senior Member	Back-to-back asteroids 'harmlessly' fly past Earth It kind of makes me wonder if this is in any way related to the face cannibal + guy throwing his intestines at police. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...05-29-19-21-18 May 29, 7:21 PM EDT PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- A newly discovered small asteroid has harmlessly zipped close to Earth - just as scientists expected. The 16-foot-long space rock, discovered on Memorial Day, passed by early Tuesday at a distance of 8,950 miles from the Earth's surface. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which tracks such flybys, said the asteroid - dubbed 2012 KT42 - was the sixth closest asteroid approach. It was the second asteroid encounter this week. On Monday, another asteroid, measuring 69 feet across, flew by at a distance of 32,000 miles.
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