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A New Count of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

Subject: A New Count of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
From: NASA Science News <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 20:30:19 -0500

NASA Science News for May 16, 2012

NASA has just released a new count of asteroids that come close to the orbit of Earth and could survive entry through our planet's atmosphere. The data, gathered by an infrared space telescope named WISE, reveal important new information about the origin and make-up of these potentially hazardous space rocks.

FULL STORY: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/16may_pha/

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