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Scientists prepare to confront ’1950 DA’, an asteroid posing apocalyptic threat

KNOXVILLE, USA: Intially discovered by American astronomer Carl A. Wirtanen in the year 1950, the asteroid ’1950 DA’ with a diamtere of 1 Km, made a close approach to Earth in 2001. In 2002, scientists discovered that the asteroid has a 1 in 300 chance of colliding with the earth on March...

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