Sigh. I keep getting scooped. I've been meaning to write about what we learned in the actual real world about the asteroid 2007 TU24 -- the one that missed us at the end of January and had no effect on us despite the cries of doom from others -- but then Sean Welton of Visual Astronomy went and wrote up a good blog post about it! So go read what he said. And check out JPL's stuff too.
The reality of 2007 TU24
Discover the lessons from asteroid 2007 TU24 and what this real-world event teaches us about potential threats from space.
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