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Scientific American

March 1, 1996

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Collisions with Comets and Asteroids

The chances of a celestial body colliding with the earth are small, but the consequences would be catastrophic

By Tom Gehrels

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 274 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “Collisions with Comets and Asteroids” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 274 No. 3 (), p. 54
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0396-54
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