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These are tough time right now...worst I have ever experienced: High prices with natural gas, gasoline, food, services; terrible natural disasters; corrupt government officials; disproportionate care for health issues; homelessness; unemployment; armed conflict; starvation. In light of those issues are you concerned at all by the following...

May 2008 Earth-asteroid encounters:

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Asteroid	Date(UT)	Miss Distance	Mag.	Size
2008 HG	May 5	17 LD	18	90 m
2008 DE	May 9	17 LD	16	550 m
2008 HD2	May 9	6.5 LD	19	40 m
2008 JL24	May 10	0.4 LD	18	5 m
2008 HR3	May 11	3.1 LD	17	50 m
2008 HW1	May 14	72 LD	17	1.4 km

Notes: LD means "Lunar Distance." 1 LD = 384,401 km, the distance between Earth and the Moon. 1 LD also equals 0.00256 AU. MAG is the visual magnitude of the asteroid on the date of closest approach.

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Gregg Easterbrook

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