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Mar 18, 2004 | 01:26 PM

fordby4

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Asteroid to do an ultra-close flyby of Earth at 5:00 EST today

Here's the link, I'm really into antronamy, so if this bores you, I apologize...

http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...by_040318.html

Mar 18, 2004 | 01:28 PM

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Mar 18, 2004 | 02:32 PM

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From: "Enjoy every sandwich" - Warren Zevon

Can anyone name any famous antronamers?,

Mar 18, 2004 | 03:14 PM

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Can anyone name any famous antronamers?,

Can't name one single famous "antronamer".

Famous ASTRONOMERS however...off the top of my head would include:

Copernicus
Galileo
Kepler
Cassini
Sir Isaac Netwon
Halley
Messier
Hubble
Van Allen
Carl Sagan

Mar 18, 2004 | 03:17 PM

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fordby4

You'd be able to see it with binocualrs if you were in Southern Asia, the Southern Hemisphere or Southern Europe....

Too bad we'll miss it.

Mar 18, 2004 | 03:18 PM

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From: "Enjoy every sandwich" - Warren Zevon

Nope, if the guy says he's pumped on antronamy, I'm holding out for famous antronamers.

Mar 18, 2004 | 03:21 PM

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(oops...don't know why I caught the misspelling on your post and missed it on his....)
sorry jay, my bad

Asteroid to do an ultra-close flyby of Earth at 5:00 EST today

Asteroid to do an ultra-close flyby of Earth at 5:00 EST today

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