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"All-Clear" Asteroid Will Miss Earth in 2040

26 December 2012

Using the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawai’i a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have confirmed that the chance of asteroid 2011 AG5 impacting Earth in 2040 is no longer a significant risk - prompting a collective sigh-of-relief.






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