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Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( ăs ’ tə-roid ’ ) n. Astronomy . Any of numerous small celestial bodies that revolve around the sun, with orbits lying ...
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- NASA's New Asteroid Mission Could Save the Planet Space.com -
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President Barack Obama set a lofty next goal this week for Americans in space: Visiting an asteroid by 2025 - a daunting mission that may carry the fate of the …
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A mysterious feature roughly 60 miles in diameter (moving from left to right across the field of view) was snapped by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on its approach to the ...
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- Asteroid, 2011 MD, To Zip Past Earth On Monday -
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Jun 24, 2011 · PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA says a newly discovered asteroid will have a close encounter with Earth on Monday, but there’s no need to worry. The …
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253 Mathilde, a C-type asteroid. This image was taken by the NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft.
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- Close Approach: Images and Animations of Asteroid 2011 MD -
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Today, Monday June 27 at about 17:00 UT, asteroid designated as 2011 MD will pass only 12,300 kilometers (7,600 miles) above the Earth’s surface. Here are …
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Those of you who were worried about having to dodge an asteroid on your lunch hour yesterday can breathe a sigh of relief. The 2011 MD asteroid zoomed passed …
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Several hundred thousand asteroids have been discovered and given provisional designations so far. Thousands more are discovered each year.
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- Watch Out! Small Asteroid Will Narrowly Miss Earth Today -
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Jun 27, 2011 · We didn’t get much notice, but today Asteroid 2011 MD, estimated to be between 25 and 55 feet wide, will come closer to the Earth than the moon. …
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