Finding another comet (was Re: Smith-Tuttle Comet a threat to earth?)

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From: Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 07:56

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In article <YAMAUCHI.92Oct26235611@yuggoth.ces.cwru.edu>, yamauchi@ces.cwru.edu (Brian Yamauchi) writes:
> In article <STEINLY.92Oct26125854@topaz.ucsc.edu> steinly@topaz.ucsc.edu (Steinn Sigurdsson) writes:
>>Swift-Tuttle is
>>virtually certain to hit the Earth at some point during the next
>>few million years
[discussion of tagging comet with transmitter deleted]

> Of course, it's too late for Swift-Tuttle, but surely we can find
> another Earth-crossing comet which is posing an imminent threat to
> all life on the planet...

Astronomers are searching hard, Brian.  It's the key to their future
prosperity.  (-:

(I apologize to Dave, Anita, Jim, and colleagues for this overly
cynical comment.)

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Subject: Finding another comet (was Re: Smith-Tuttle Comet a threat to earth?)
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