Reply to post: Re: That is damn close

Bad news. Asteroid 1999 KW4 flew by, did not hit Earth killing us all. Good news: Another one, Didymos, is on the way

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Re: That is damn close

Don't blame the U.S., it was French mathematicians that changed the definition (at least according to Wikipedia). Except the French changed their minds and reverted back to the old definition in 1948. The U.S. just adopted the new definition and stuck with it.

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