SKY IS FALLING

Australians watching for big asteroids spot three in first month

A NASA-funded project employing Australian astronomers to watch the southern skies for asteroids cutting across Earth's path has found three in its first month.
On March 29 two asteroids were spotted whizzing by the Earth. One, about 100 metres across and travelling at 10 kilometres a second, missed the Earth by 3 million kilometres. That same night, a second, 300 metres wide and travelling at 18 kilometres a second, passed at a distance of 20 million kilometres.
On Friday a third "new" asteroid, probably 100 metres across, was spotted. It is still approaching but will miss Earth by 2.25 million kilometres next Tuesday.

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