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Icarus asteroid will pass Earth Friday not a close encounter
A scientist panel led by Drs. Herrick Shapiro and Marsden say Icarus will drift past Earth at about four million miles. Radar will soon scan such bodies, aiding future astronaut visits. The piece notes doomsday rumors and historic close approaches by Hermes and Adonis and explains asteroid behavior and detection limits.
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Escience Department
Earth
Britain
House of Commons
Icarus
Drs
Samuel Herrick
University of California At Los Angeles
Irwin Shapiro
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brian Marsden
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Smithsonian Observatory
Scientific American
Robert S. Richardson
Mount Wilson Observatory
California
Harold Masursky
United States Geological Survey
Copernicus
Moon
Lunar