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by: Lynn McGuire - Tue, 1 Nov 2022 20:02 UTC

“Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”
https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-asteroid-planet-killer-17549612.php

"The massive space rock could potentially hit Earth one day."

We are all going to die.

Lynn

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by: James Nicoll - Tue, 1 Nov 2022 20:09 UTC

In article <tjrtvr$rg3h$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>“Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”
>
>https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-asteroid-planet-killer-17549612.php
>
>"The massive space rock could potentially hit Earth one day."
>
>We are all going to die.

Yes, but the odds it will due to a space rock are very low. At
least, if it is not steered into the Earth on purpose.
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by: peterwezeman@hotmail - Tue, 1 Nov 2022 20:36 UTC

On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 3:02:07 PM UTC-5, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”
>
> https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-asteroid-planet-killer-17549612.php
>
> "The massive space rock could potentially hit Earth one day."
>

Attacking out of the Sun's glare; it's the oldest trick in the book.

Peter Wezeman
anti-social Darwinist

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by: Lynn McGuire - Tue, 1 Nov 2022 21:01 UTC

On 11/1/2022 3:36 PM, peterwezeman@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 3:02:07 PM UTC-5, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”
>>
>> https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-asteroid-planet-killer-17549612.php
>>
>> "The massive space rock could potentially hit Earth one day."
>>
>
> Attacking out of the Sun's glare; it's the oldest trick in the book.
>
> Peter Wezeman
> anti-social Darwinist

My thought exactly.

Lynn

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by: Dorothy J Heydt - Wed, 2 Nov 2022 20:52 UTC

In article <ec73eee7-04de-4163-bed3-533a35bdac12n@googlegroups.com>,
peterwezeman@hotmail.com <peterwezeman@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 3:02:07 PM UTC-5, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”
>>
>>
>https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-asteroid-planet-killer-17549612.php
>>
>> "The massive space rock could potentially hit Earth one day."
>>
>
>Attacking out of the Sun's glare; it's the oldest trick in the book.

(Hal Heydt)
as in, "Beware of the Hun in the Sun."

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by: pete...@gmail.com - Thu, 3 Nov 2022 01:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 4:02:07 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”
>
> https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-asteroid-planet-killer-17549612.php
>
> "The massive space rock could potentially hit Earth one day."
>
> We are all going to die.

One of my pet peeves are clickbait news stories about 'killer asteroid will barely
miss Earth next week', when it turns out that 'barely' means '8 times as far as the Moon'.

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by: Jack Bohn - Thu, 3 Nov 2022 13:30 UTC

pete...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 4:02:07 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> > “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”
> >
> > https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-asteroid-planet-killer-17549612.php
> >
> > "The massive space rock could potentially hit Earth one day."
> >
> > We are all going to die.
> One of my pet peeves are clickbait news stories about 'killer asteroid will barely
> miss Earth next week', when it turns out that 'barely' means '8 times as far as the Moon'.

Well, in the cosmic scheme of things...

In the cosmic scheme of things, Jupiter is grazing by us right now.
Really vice-versa, as we are the smaller and faster-moving body.

--
-Jack

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by: pete...@gmail.com - Thu, 3 Nov 2022 14:20 UTC

On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 9:30:33 AM UTC-4, jack....@gmail.com wrote:
> pete...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 4:02:07 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> > > “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”
> > >
> > > https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-asteroid-planet-killer-17549612.php
> > >
> > > "The massive space rock could potentially hit Earth one day."
> > >
> > > We are all going to die.
> > One of my pet peeves are clickbait news stories about 'killer asteroid will barely
> > miss Earth next week', when it turns out that 'barely' means '8 times as far as the Moon'.
> Well, in the cosmic scheme of things...
>
> In the cosmic scheme of things, Jupiter is grazing by us right now.
> Really vice-versa, as we are the smaller and faster-moving body.

The Moon is millions of times larger than most of these 'killer asteroids',
and passes us far closer than most of them.

They don't think to write scare stories about the Moon hitting us.

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>They don't think to write scare stories about the Moon hitting us.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonfall_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonfall_(novel)

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by: Dimensional Traveler - Thu, 3 Nov 2022 15:50 UTC

On 11/3/2022 8:39 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> "pete...@gmail.com" <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 9:30:33 AM UTC-4, jack....@gmail.com wrote=
>> :
>>> pete...@gmail.com wrote:=20
>>>> On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 4:02:07 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:=
>> =20
>>>>> =E2=80=9CAstronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun'=
>> s glare=E2=80=9D=20
>>>>> =20
>>>>> https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-asteroid-planet-killer-=
>> 17549612.php=20
>>>>> =20
>>>>> "The massive space rock could potentially hit Earth one day."=20
>>>>> =20
>>>>> We are all going to die.=20
>>>> One of my pet peeves are clickbait news stories about 'killer asteroid =
>> will barely=20
>>>> miss Earth next week', when it turns out that 'barely' means '8 times a=
>> s far as the Moon'.
>>> Well, in the cosmic scheme of things...=20
>>> =20
>>> In the cosmic scheme of things, Jupiter is grazing by us right now.=20
>>> Really vice-versa, as we are the smaller and faster-moving body.=20
>>
>> The Moon is millions of times larger than most of these 'killer asteroids',
>> and passes us far closer than most of them.
>>
>> They don't think to write scare stories about the Moon hitting us.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonfall_(film)
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonfall_(novel)

--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.

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by: Lynn McGuire - Thu, 3 Nov 2022 19:01 UTC

On 11/3/2022 9:20 AM, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 9:30:33 AM UTC-4, jack....@gmail.com wrote:
>> pete...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 4:02:07 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”
>>>>
>>>> https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-asteroid-planet-killer-17549612.php
>>>>
>>>> "The massive space rock could potentially hit Earth one day."
>>>>
>>>> We are all going to die.
>>> One of my pet peeves are clickbait news stories about 'killer asteroid will barely
>>> miss Earth next week', when it turns out that 'barely' means '8 times as far as the Moon'.
>> Well, in the cosmic scheme of things...
>>
>> In the cosmic scheme of things, Jupiter is grazing by us right now.
>> Really vice-versa, as we are the smaller and faster-moving body.
>
> The Moon is millions of times larger than most of these 'killer asteroids',
> and passes us far closer than most of them.
>
> They don't think to write scare stories about the Moon hitting us.
>
> pt

David Weber took the Moon and threw it into the Sun. Now that was bold !
https://www.amazon.com/Mutineers-Moon-Dahak-David-Weber/dp/0671720856/

Lynn

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by: Scott Lurndal - Thu, 3 Nov 2022 19:07 UTC

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>On 11/3/2022 9:20 AM, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 9:30:33 AM UTC-4, jack....@gmail.com wrote:
>>> pete...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 4:02:07 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>> “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-asteroid-planet-killer-17549612.php
>>>>>
>>>>> "The massive space rock could potentially hit Earth one day."
>>>>>
>>>>> We are all going to die.
>>>> One of my pet peeves are clickbait news stories about 'killer asteroid will barely
>>>> miss Earth next week', when it turns out that 'barely' means '8 times as far as the Moon'.
>>> Well, in the cosmic scheme of things...
>>>
>>> In the cosmic scheme of things, Jupiter is grazing by us right now.
>>> Really vice-versa, as we are the smaller and faster-moving body.
>>
>> The Moon is millions of times larger than most of these 'killer asteroids',
>> and passes us far closer than most of them.
>>
>> They don't think to write scare stories about the Moon hitting us.
>>
>> pt
>
>David Weber took the Moon and threw it into the Sun. Now that was bold !
> https://www.amazon.com/Mutineers-Moon-Dahak-David-Weber/dp/0671720856/

Hogan had the earth capture the moon from the former fifth planet (Minerva) some
50,000 years ago.

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by: Lynn McGuire - Thu, 3 Nov 2022 19:10 UTC

On 11/3/2022 2:07 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>> On 11/3/2022 9:20 AM, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 9:30:33 AM UTC-4, jack....@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> pete...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 4:02:07 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>> “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-asteroid-planet-killer-17549612.php
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "The massive space rock could potentially hit Earth one day."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We are all going to die.
>>>>> One of my pet peeves are clickbait news stories about 'killer asteroid will barely
>>>>> miss Earth next week', when it turns out that 'barely' means '8 times as far as the Moon'.
>>>> Well, in the cosmic scheme of things...
>>>>
>>>> In the cosmic scheme of things, Jupiter is grazing by us right now.
>>>> Really vice-versa, as we are the smaller and faster-moving body.
>>>
>>> The Moon is millions of times larger than most of these 'killer asteroids',
>>> and passes us far closer than most of them.
>>>
>>> They don't think to write scare stories about the Moon hitting us.
>>>
>>> pt
>>
>> David Weber took the Moon and threw it into the Sun. Now that was bold !
>> https://www.amazon.com/Mutineers-Moon-Dahak-David-Weber/dp/0671720856/
>
> Hogan had the earth capture the moon from the former fifth planet (Minerva) some
> 50,000 years ago.

Book ?

Lynn

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by: Scott Lurndal - Thu, 3 Nov 2022 19:11 UTC

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>On 11/3/2022 2:07 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>> On 11/3/2022 9:20 AM, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 9:30:33 AM UTC-4, jack....@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> pete...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>> On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 4:02:07 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>>> “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-asteroid-planet-killer-17549612.php
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "The massive space rock could potentially hit Earth one day."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We are all going to die.
>>>>>> One of my pet peeves are clickbait news stories about 'killer asteroid will barely
>>>>>> miss Earth next week', when it turns out that 'barely' means '8 times as far as the Moon'.
>>>>> Well, in the cosmic scheme of things...
>>>>>
>>>>> In the cosmic scheme of things, Jupiter is grazing by us right now.
>>>>> Really vice-versa, as we are the smaller and faster-moving body.
>>>>
>>>> The Moon is millions of times larger than most of these 'killer asteroids',
>>>> and passes us far closer than most of them.
>>>>
>>>> They don't think to write scare stories about the Moon hitting us.
>>>>
>>>> pt
>>>
>>> David Weber took the Moon and threw it into the Sun. Now that was bold !
>>> https://www.amazon.com/Mutineers-Moon-Dahak-David-Weber/dp/0671720856/
>>
>> Hogan had the earth capture the moon from the former fifth planet (Minerva) some
>> 50,000 years ago.
>
>Book ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giants_(series)

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by: Lynn McGuire - Thu, 3 Nov 2022 19:30 UTC

On 11/3/2022 2:11 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>> On 11/3/2022 2:07 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> On 11/3/2022 9:20 AM, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 9:30:33 AM UTC-4, jack....@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>> pete...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 4:02:07 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>>>> “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-asteroid-planet-killer-17549612.php
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "The massive space rock could potentially hit Earth one day."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We are all going to die.
>>>>>>> One of my pet peeves are clickbait news stories about 'killer asteroid will barely
>>>>>>> miss Earth next week', when it turns out that 'barely' means '8 times as far as the Moon'.
>>>>>> Well, in the cosmic scheme of things...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the cosmic scheme of things, Jupiter is grazing by us right now.
>>>>>> Really vice-versa, as we are the smaller and faster-moving body.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Moon is millions of times larger than most of these 'killer asteroids',
>>>>> and passes us far closer than most of them.
>>>>>
>>>>> They don't think to write scare stories about the Moon hitting us.
>>>>>
>>>>> pt
>>>>
>>>> David Weber took the Moon and threw it into the Sun. Now that was bold !
>>>> https://www.amazon.com/Mutineers-Moon-Dahak-David-Weber/dp/0671720856/
>>>
>>> Hogan had the earth capture the moon from the former fifth planet (Minerva) some
>>> 50,000 years ago.
>>
>> Book ?
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giants_(series)

Ah, I read that book a really long time ago. I have totally forgotten it.

Lynn

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by: Scott Lurndal - Thu, 3 Nov 2022 20:33 UTC

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>On 11/3/2022 2:11 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>> On 11/3/2022 2:07 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>> On 11/3/2022 9:20 AM, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>> On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 9:30:33 AM UTC-4, jack....@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>> pete...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 4:02:07 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>>>>> “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-asteroid-planet-killer-17549612.php
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "The massive space rock could potentially hit Earth one day."
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We are all going to die.
>>>>>>>> One of my pet peeves are clickbait news stories about 'killer asteroid will barely
>>>>>>>> miss Earth next week', when it turns out that 'barely' means '8 times as far as the Moon'.
>>>>>>> Well, in the cosmic scheme of things...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In the cosmic scheme of things, Jupiter is grazing by us right now.
>>>>>>> Really vice-versa, as we are the smaller and faster-moving body.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Moon is millions of times larger than most of these 'killer asteroids',
>>>>>> and passes us far closer than most of them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They don't think to write scare stories about the Moon hitting us.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> pt
>>>>>
>>>>> David Weber took the Moon and threw it into the Sun. Now that was bold !
>>>>> https://www.amazon.com/Mutineers-Moon-Dahak-David-Weber/dp/0671720856/
>>>>
>>>> Hogan had the earth capture the moon from the former fifth planet (Minerva) some
>>>> 50,000 years ago.
>>>
>>> Book ?
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giants_(series)
>
>Ah, I read that book a really long time ago. I have totally forgotten it.

Much of backstory doesn't become clear until the third book of the set.

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by: pete...@gmail.com - Thu, 3 Nov 2022 21:19 UTC

On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 11:50:35 AM UTC-4, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 11/3/2022 8:39 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> > "pete...@gmail.com" <pete...@gmail.com> writes:
> >> On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 9:30:33 AM UTC-4, jack....@gmail.com wrote=
> >> :
> >>> pete...@gmail.com wrote:=20
> >>>> On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 4:02:07 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:=
> >> =20
> >>>>> =E2=80=9CAstronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun'=
> >> s glare=E2=80=9D=20
> >>>>> =20
> >>>>> https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/nasa-asteroid-planet-killer-=
> >> 17549612.php=20
> >>>>> =20
> >>>>> "The massive space rock could potentially hit Earth one day."=20
> >>>>> =20
> >>>>> We are all going to die.=20
> >>>> One of my pet peeves are clickbait news stories about 'killer asteroid =
> >> will barely=20
> >>>> miss Earth next week', when it turns out that 'barely' means '8 times a=
> >> s far as the Moon'.
> >>> Well, in the cosmic scheme of things...=20
> >>> =20
> >>> In the cosmic scheme of things, Jupiter is grazing by us right now.=20
> >>> Really vice-versa, as we are the smaller and faster-moving body.=20
> >>
> >> The Moon is millions of times larger than most of these 'killer asteroids',
> >> and passes us far closer than most of them.
> >>
> >> They don't think to write scare stories about the Moon hitting us.
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonfall_(film)
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonfall_(novel)
> :D

Fair enough - there's also 'Seveneves'.

I was fixated on click-seeking 'journalists' at internet news sites, not fiction.

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"pete...@gmail.com" <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
>On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 11:50:35 AM UTC-4, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> On 11/3/2022 8:39 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> > "pete...@gmail.com" <pete...@gmail.com> writes:
>> >> On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 9:30:33 AM UTC-4, jack....@gmail.com wrote=

>> >>
>> >> The Moon is millions of times larger than most of these 'killer asteroids',
>> >> and passes us far closer than most of them.
>> >>
>> >> They don't think to write scare stories about the Moon hitting us.
>> >
>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonfall_(film)
>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonfall_(novel)
>> :D
>
>Fair enough - there's also 'Seveneves'.
>
>I was fixated on click-seeking 'journalists' at internet news sites, not fiction.

Fair enough. The latest example is particularly egregious, to be sure.

Subject	Author
“Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hi	Lynn McGuire
Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hi	James Nicoll
Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hid	peterwezeman@hotmail.com
Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' aster	Lynn McGuire
Re: Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hid	Dorothy J Heydt
Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hid	pete...@gmail.com
Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hid	Jack Bohn
Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hid	pete...@gmail.com
Re: Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”	Scott Lurndal
Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' aster	Dimensional Traveler
Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hid	pete...@gmail.com
Re: Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”	Scott Lurndal
Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' aster	Lynn McGuire
Re: Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”	Scott Lurndal
Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' aster	Lynn McGuire
Re: Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”	Scott Lurndal
Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' aster	Lynn McGuire
Re: Re: “Astronomers spot 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in the Sun's glare”	Scott Lurndal