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   Hils to All   
   Sampling an asteroid   
   01 Aug 16 00:41:25   
   
   From: hils@saynotospam.net   
      
   "Nasa is planning to launch a probe to collect rock samples from an   
   asteroid it fears could one day hit the Earth.   
      
   The asteroid, named Bennu, can be seen from Earth as it crosses our   
   orbit every six years.   
      
   Bennu, which is around 500 metres in diameter at its equator and travels   
   around the sun at 63,000mph, will pass between Earth and the moon in   
   2135. [...]"   
      
   http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-probe-asteroid-ar   
   ageddon-bennu-space-a7164901.html   
      
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