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Asteroid to pass Earth in mid-August
25/07/02
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In a rare event this August an asteroid will pass close enough by Earth to be visible through binoculars.
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LA REPORT - Asteroid Mission
25/07/02
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New space missions to asteroids were highlighted at the Meteoritical Society Meeting in Los Angeles today.
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Asteroid 2002 NT7 might hit Earth
24/07/02
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An asteroid 2 to 4 km wide may collide with Earth on 1 February 2019 suggest preliminary observations.
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LA REPORT - The Problem with Craters
24/07/02
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Small craters on Earth, it seems, can be more difficult to find than you might think.
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LA REPORT - Reactions to 2002 NT7
24/07/02
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Scientists at the Meteoritical Society Meeting give their reactions to asteroid 2002 NT7.
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LA REPORT - Shocks and Fiery Droplets
23/07/02
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The earliest, turbulent history of the Solar System was today's hot topic at the Meteoritical Society Meeting.
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Mile-wide dent in Earth sparks debate
22/07/02
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A mysterious mile-wide dent in the Earth has generated a debate among scientists about whether it was caused by a meteorite impact or a gradual change.
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LA REPORT - The Meteoritical Society Meeting
21/07/02
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Meteorite scientists from around the world congregate at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Los Angeles.
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Interplanetary Superhighway Paves the Way
19/07/02
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NASA scientists are using special routes they call the interplanetary superhighway to send spacecraft on to their destinations and there are sometimes asteroids at the junctions.
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Microphones to Detect Near Earth Objects
19/07/02
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Networks of sensors may soon be used to detect small NEOs falling through our atmosphere and may even help us find meteorites on the ground.
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Comets are Diamond-Free
15/07/02
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New research suggests that tiny nanodiamonds found in asteroids are not present in comets in any number and thus formed in the Solar System.
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Could Asteroids Trigger a War?
15/07/02
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Could the detonation of asteroids in the atmosphere be mistaken for nuclear explosions?
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Bigger Not Better for Asteroids
13/07/02
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Edna DeVore, the SETI Institute Director of Education and Outreach, says that bigger is not better when it comes to telescopes used for searching for asteroids.
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Solar Sail on Track
13/07/02
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The Cosmos 1 mission, which is to test solar sail technology, has successfully passed its sail deployment tests.
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Kuiper Belt Probe Endorsed
12/07/02
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The U.S. National Research Council has endorsed the New Horizons mission to Pluto as one of NASA's "New Frontiers" missions.
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