ANU astronomer Brad Tucker reports an asteroid whizzed past us last night. 1998 OR2, to its pals, is four kms in diameter and mooching along at 36 000 kms an hour. Dr Tucker says it was visible but harmless – tell that to people who remember The Andromeda Strain
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