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Asteroid the Size of the Tunguska Impactor of 1908 Just Missed the Earth Yesterday Posted by Guy Pirro on 3/3/2009 7:32 PM Near Earth Object 2009 DD45, estimated to be around 120 feet in diameter, passed within 38,000 miles from the Earth's surface yesterday morning (March 2, 2009) at 8:44 AM Eastern US time. It was detected for the first time only two days earlier -- Not very much warning had it been on a collision course with Earth. | Read full story |

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