A football field sized (appropriately enough during the world cup) 
asteroid just missed
us by just 120,000 km.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2056000/2056403.stm

Tunguska sized... came from the Sun direction (i.e. invisible), 14 June- 
spotted
days later.

Within that distance we're talking perhaps a 1% chance of collision.

Gulp.

-Ian.


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