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How Often Tunguska?
10/10/02
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New calculations suggest that Tunguska events may not occur as frequently as was thought, however, not everyone agrees.
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Radio Probes the Kuiper Belt
09/10/02
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Astronomers at the Max-Planck-Institute in Germany have used radio observations to measure the size of some of the most distant minor planets in our Solar System.
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Possible Impact in Siberia
09/10/02
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Eyewitnesses accounts and recordings of seismic waves suggest that an impact of a small NEO may have occurred in a remote area of Siberia last Thursday.
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Two UK Fireballs?
08/10/02
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Eye witness accounts made to the Near Earth Objects Information Centre on the fireball seen over the UK on Oct 6 suggest that there may have been two separate fireballs.
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New ‘World’ Discovered
08/10/02
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A 1,200 km diameter object has been discovered in the Kuiper Belt beyond the orbit of Pluto.
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Fireball seen over the UK
06/10/02
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Reports have come into the Near Earth Object Information Centre of a fireball over the UK in the early hours of Sunday morning, 6 October.
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Experts Report to the U.S. House Committee on Science
04/10/02
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NEO experts report to the U.S. House Committee on Science on the progress in the search for NEOs.
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A New Russian Meteorite?
04/10/02
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Witnesses in the village of Bodaibo in the Irkutsk region of Siberia have reported seeing a large glowing object fall to Earth. Scientists from the Institute of Solar and Earth Physics in Russia suspect it may have been a large meteorite.
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Hermione's Companion
03/10/02
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A 13km wide binary companion has been discovered around asteroid 121 Hermione.
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ESA to Guard Against Impacts
27/09/02
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The European Space Agency have announced a shortlist of space missions that will investigate NEOs and the mitigation of collisions.
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Second Moon is Apollo Junk
18/09/02
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Astronomers have discovered that J200E3 is covered with titanium oxide paint and is probably an Apollo rocket stage.
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Comet Swarm Killed Dinosaurs?
16/09/02
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Researchers find evidence for a second crater at the end of the Cretaceous.
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New Moon Rubbish After All
12/09/02
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Object J200E3 that astronomers thought might be a new Moon for the Earth is probably the third stage of an Apollo Saturn-V rocket, says NASA.
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NASA Names Next Space Telescope
12/09/02
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NASA announces that the Space Telescope to replace Hubble will be named after NASA Administrator James Webb.
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Two Asteroids Visible With Binoculars
12/09/02
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Two main belt asteroids, Ceres and Melpomene, will be visible in the night sky with binoculars over the next few months.
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