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    2012 Asteriod Fly By

    On January 31st the 20-mile-long asteroid Eros makes its closest pass by Earth in 37 years.

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    Via en.wikipedia.org

    It will miss us by 16.5 million miles, still close enough for amateur astronomers to see it with a small telescope.

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