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post iconMarch 16, 2002 10:33 AM Author: Fredy Ore

The second largest asteroid ever seen zipping by our planet (1.5 times the distance to our moon) was not seen until after it had passed on March 8, missing us by just 450,000Km. The object has been now called 2002 EM7 ::: www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992052