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06 March 2006

Roundup of Articles on Asteroid 2004 VD17

Various updates related to asteroid 2004 VD17 including specific object information and news articles:

2004 VD17 Impact Risk (from JPL)
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2004 VD17 Orbital Information (from NEODys)
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2004 VD17 Orbital Information (from Harvard)
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2004 VD17 Wikipedia Link
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Planetary Society Updates
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Forums discussion
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"New asteroid top of Earth's hit list"
Agençe France-Presse
March 3, 2006
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"It's the end of the world"
The Sun (UK)
Paul Sutherland
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"New Asteroid Becomes Earth's Biggest Threat"
Slashdot
Posted by Zonk
March 2, 2006
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