Asteroid arrival is successfully predicted for first time
Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 07:56
in Astronomy & Space
The object burned up over Sudan, posing no threat to people. The prediction shows that an alert system is working, a Jet Propulsion Laboratory expert says. Scientists for the first time were able to predict the arrival of an asteroid before it entered Earth's atmosphere.
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