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Old 08-02-2013, 11:45 PM
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A bit of a thread dig but better to put it here than start another.

When this asteroid passes by, understanding that both its orbit and ours will change, but ours by such a tiny amount to probably be not measurable (would pinhead to bowling ball as a comparison be overstating the asteroids mass?) what will be the effect on the asteroids orbit of passing so close to an object the mass of earth?
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