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Nature 442, 855 (24 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/442855a; Published online 23 August 2006
Asteroid fly-by eludes study
Heidi Ledford
On 3 July, an asteroid zipped past Earth at a distance of some 400,000 kilometres — slightly farther away than the Moon. In theory, something that close ought to be easy to study.
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