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	RASNZ Occultation Section - Minor Planet News (November 2000)
		Object 2000 SG344 was discovered on September 29, 2000 by David J. Tholen and Robert J. Whiteley using the Canada-France-Hawaii 3.6-meter aperture telescope on the island of Hawaii.
		While object 2000 SG344 will likely pass close to the Earth in 2030, it should be made clear that the probability of the object missing the Earth is at least 500 to 1.
		It is interesting to note the chance of object 2000 SG344 striking the Earth in 2030 is actually somewhat less than the chance of an undiscovered object of the same size striking the Earth in any given year.
	occsec.wellington.net.nz /planet/news/news0011.htm (1691 words)

	[8.03] 2000 SG344: The Story of a Potential Earth Impactor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In October 2000, the small object 2000 SG344 was found to have a remarkably high 1-in-500 chance of colliding with the Earth in the year 2030.
		With its very Earth-like orbit, 2000 SG344 is an obvious candidate to be a space probe or rocket stage.
		A straightforward backward integration of the SG344 orbit brings the object close to the Earth in both February and July of 1971.
	www.aas.org /publications/baas/v33n3/dda2001/48.htm (154 words)

	Much Ado about 2000 SG344
		2000 SG344 was discovered by asteroid-hunters on Sept. 29th as it was gliding by Earth approximately 20 times farther away than the Moon.
		Our planet and 2000 SG344 move through space like two runners racing along a track at nearly the same speed; it takes a long time for one to lap the other.
		The orbit of 2000 SG344 is carrying it toward the blinding glare of the Sun.
	science.nasa.gov /headlines/y2000/ast06nov_2.htm (1466 words)

	Science Question of the Week - 17 November 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The object in question (referred to as 2000 SG344) was discovered a little more than a month ago and is thought to be anywhere from 100 feet to 250 feet across, and it may be a small asteroid.
		If 2000 SG344 is closer in size to a 200 foot chunk, then it would be classified as a 1 (merits careful monitoring) on the Torino Scale, but if it's only about 100 feet across, it would be a 0 on the Torino Scale (the likelihood of impact is very close to zero).
		Object 2000 SG344 orbits the Sun in 354 days with a perihelion of 86 million miles and an aphelion of 97 million miles.
	www.gsfc.nasa.gov /gsfc/educ/science/2000/11-17-00.htm (1198 words)

	2000 SG344 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The correct title of this article is 2000 SG It features superscript or subscript characters that are substituted or omitted because of technical limitations.
		2000 SG (also written 2000 SG344) is a small asteroid discovered in 1999.
		It was briefly surpassed in December 2004 by 99942 Apophis (which at the time was known only by its provisional designation 2004 MN Based on 31 observations of 2000 SG made from May, 1999 to October, 2000, there is about a 1 in 556 chance that it will collide with Earth between 2068 and 2101.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2000_SG344 (293 words)

	NewsNotes Nov. 15, 2000
		Soon the object, given the rather dull tracking id of "2000 SG344," was put into the public "spotlight" when it was found to be in a very Earth-like 354 day solar orbit.
		This caused alarm because the composition of 2000 SG344 is unknown: though a 30-meter carbonaceous chondrite would burn-up in the atmosphere, a 70-meter iron meteor could destroy a city.
		Because this is the closest and brightest of the few known isolated neutron stars, it is the easiest to study and is an excellent test bed for nuclear astrophysical theories." Studies of this star were presented at the 2000 meeting of the American Astronomical Society's High Energy Astrophysics Division in Honolulu.
	www.pietro.org /Astro_Home/NewsNotes/NN111500.htm (1430 words)

	Just so you know: an asteroid could hit Earth on 21 September 2030 \| International \| The Observer
		The newly discovered threat to global civilisation is called 2000 SG344, and it could strike our planet with a force 100 times greater than that released by the atom bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, astronomers have calculated.
		Their announcement, posted yesterday on the internet by the International Astronomical Union, is the first formal public prediction of a potential collision with a piece of cosmic debris and it arises from a scientific review process designed to eliminate premature predictions of celestial calamities.
		If made of stone and iron, as are many asteroids and meteorites, SG344 would explode with an estimated energy of two megatons, But if it was a loose conglomeration of stones and gravel, as several experts believe may the case, it might easily disintegrate as it skims into the atmosphere.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,6903,393021,00.html (1093 words)

	Astral Voyage - Astral Projection - Earth-Bound Asteroid
		The object in question, called 2000 SG344, is believed to be an asteroid with a diameter of between 100 and 230 feet.
		Here, sunlight focused to a temperature of some 2000 degrees centigrade would be reflected onto a point on the side of an asteroid, vaporizing ice and rock on the body's surface which would in turn translate into a vapour jet of sufficient velocity to deflect it from collision with Earth.
		He went on to point out, though, the problems with firing a nuclear missile at an asteroid, stating that chances of success were small due to complexities of missile tracking, debris after a strike, and the speed of the intended targets.
	www.astralvoyage.com /projection/asteroid.html (2047 words)

	SPACE.com -- Chance of Asteroid Impact in 2030 Downgraded
		While 2000 SG 344 poses no risk to Earth in 2030, astronomers have not ruled out the possibility that it could collide with Earth later in the 21
		Fridays announcement of the possible impact of 2000 SG 344 based on limited data -- and the rapid retraction of that threat -- may generate controversy among astronomers still smarting from the 1997 XF 11 asteroid scandal of 1998.
		That episode led the creation of new guidelines by the IAU for reporting impact threats that were followed for 2000 SG 344.
	www.space.com /scienceastronomy/solarsystem/asteroid_2030up_001104.html (533 words)

	ireland.com - The Irish Times - FRONT PAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		September 21st, 2030, is the date pencilled in for the arrival of 2000 SG344, a lump of space debris the size of an office block that could strike our planet with the force of 100 Hiroshima atom bombs.
		Scientists are also investigating the possibility that even if SG344 misses the Earth in 2030, it could impact in subsequent orbits.
		The IAU says it does not intend making any further statements on the possibility of an impact by SG344, but will leave it to individual scientists who are observing the asteroid.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/front/2000/1106/fro3.htm (404 words)

	SeeSat-L Nov-00 : 2000 SG344: asteroid or Saturn rocket? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hi All, Ralph McConahy provided me a table of astrometric information for NEO (asteroid) 2000 SG344 so that I could determine if a Saturn IV-B rocket body could be excluded as a possible candidate for this unusual object.
		uncertainty in the measured brightness of 2000 SG344 2.
		This is almost a factor of 6 dimmer than the derived standard magnitude of 2000 SG344.
	www.satobs.org /seesat/Nov-2000/0096.html (627 words)

	Space Weather Bureau
		Quarterly Solar Flare and Sunspot Data: January - March 2000 -- from the NOAA Space Environment Center.
		Quarterly Solar Flare and Sunspot Data: April - June 2000 -- from the NOAA Space Environment Center.
		Quarterly Solar Flare and Sunspot Data: July - Sept 2000 -- from the NOAA Space Environment Center.
	www.spaceweather.com /index_20001109.html (769 words)

	[FPSPACE] Small "Asteroid" Might Be Apollo S4B Stage
		David Morrison Following is a statement prepared by Don Yeomans of JPL: Recent computations by a group of international experts suggest a very small asteroid-like object, designated 2000 SG344, has a remote 1 in 500 chance of impacting the Earth in 2030.
		The unusual nature of the orbit of 2000 SG344 suggests the possibility that it is simply a man-made rocket booster from the Apollo era.
		It is interesting to note the chance of object 2000 SG344 striking the Earth in 2030 is actually less than the chance of an undiscovered object of the same size striking the Earth in any given year.
	www.friends-partners.org /pipermail/fpspace/2000-November/000850.html (1022 words)

	SPACE.com -- Asteroid Scares: Why They Won't End
		Then a relatively small asteroid named 2000 SG344 was determined to have a 1-in-500 chance of impact, the highest ever.
		However, there is agreement on one important point: The problem with 2000 SG344 was a direct result of a 1999 public flap.
		Benny Peiser was at the center of the 1999 controversy.
	www.space.com /scienceastronomy/asteroid_scares_030909.html (2578 words)

	Spaceflight Now \| Breaking News \| Space object found that could hit Earth in 2030
		This diagram shows the orbits of asteroid 2000 SG344 and the Earth, and indicates their positions on the first day of each month in the year 2030, leading up to the close encounter on September 21.
		The asteroid overtakes the Earth on the sunward side near the beginning of the year, and pulls ahead of the Earth during the spring.
		In line with its policy decisions, the IAU does not intend to make any further statements on the eventuality of an impact by 2000 SG344, leaving that to the individual scientists who are observing this interesting small asteroid and computing its orbit.
	spaceflightnow.com /news/n0011/04asteroid (1073 words)

	[FPSPACE] Could 2000 SG344 be the Luna 16 upper rocket stage?
		I just did what I'm sure many of you have done yourselves; Run the current MPC elements for 2000 SG344 back in time to see when it made it's last current approach to earth.
		Going back from today to January 1, 1959 (before the Soviets launched the Lunik I probe, the first mission near the moon) 2000 SG344 passes near the earth only one time.
		Its last close approach was 12 September, 1970 at about 10 hrs UT. (My limited software gives a distance of 0.011480 AU - 1708224 km, at that time) That means for it to be a booster the mission it came from must have been launched around that time.
	www.friends-partners.org /pipermail/fpspace/2000-November/000924.html (406 words)

	EAGG - 2000 Stories
		Its 354 day orbit is very much like Earth's, so much so that 2000 SG344 might not be an asteroid at all, but rather a piece of man-made rocket debris.
		Genethics is a competition that the Gene CRC launched in 1999 to provide secondary school students with a platform for stimulating debate on issues surrounding genetic technologies, and to encourage budding researchers to follow a career in this area of science.
		The theme for the 2000 competition centres around a hypothetical scenario involving a new gene therapy treatment:- Should approval be given to allow research on a potential new treatment for a muscle wasting disease, given that it may also be used by athletes to build up muscle bulk?
	home.vicnet.net.au /~einstein/stories/stories2000/index.html (3409 words)

	SeeSat-L Sep-02 : RE: J002E3 vs. 2000 SG344 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It seems that you and I are in agreement as to the likely identity of 2000 SG344.
		The dynamics > are different with SG344: it is not in an orbit from which it > could have easily escaped from the the Earth-Moon system, except > possibly by a close lunar flyby.
		Thanks for the added info -- I was not previously aware that some non-Keplerian effects would be needed to generate a reasonable orbital match between SG344 and the Apollo 12 stage.
	www.satobs.org /seesat/Sep-2002/0257.html (378 words)

	Cambridge Conference Correspondence
		SG344 corresponds to such an asteroid 30 to 70 meters across.
		But is 2000 SG344 an Aten asteroid or an Aten rocket shell?
		The orbit of 2000 SG344 is carrying it toward the
	abob.libs.uga.edu /bobk/ccc/cc110800.html (4022 words)

	Guardian \| The end is nigh, perhaps
		Instead, prepare for the arrival of the unromantically-named 2000 SG344, which astronomers believe could hit Earth with a force 100 times greater than that released by the atom bomb which destroyed Hiroshima.
		If, like many asteroids and meteorites, it is made of stone and iron, SG344 would cost millions of lives, but probably would not end civilisation.
		Though the risk is small - about one in 500 - that SG344's orbit and Earth's will collide, it is nonetheless being seen as a possibility.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4086661-103690,00.html (357 words)

	NASA/Marshall 2000 Headlines
		The result could be a series of three Leonid meteor outbursts on Nov. 17 and 18, 2000.
		Last weekend a international team of scientists launched an intensive campaign -- part of the SAFARI 2000 project -- to study this complex region from the ground, the air and from space.
		At any given moment there are 2,000 thunderstorms active around the world and 100 flashes of lightning per second.
	science.nasa.gov /headlines/news_archive_2000.htm (7615 words)

	Tumbling Stone 2 - The discovery of Varuna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Preliminarily designated 2000 WR106 by the Minor Planet Center (MPC), it was caught on 2000 Nov. 28 by R.S. McMillan using the 0.9-m Spacewatch Telescope at Kitt Peak; after additional observations during the following three nights, MPC gave the a nnounce of the discovery.
		From the calculation of an assumed circular orbit, it was suggested that 2000 WR106 is located at 43 AU from the Sun and 42 AU from the Earth: a full revolution around the Sun requires about 285 years.
		The access to CCD archives which are quickly developing, promises to represent an even more valuable resource as recently demonstrated in the 2000 SG344 case.
	spaceguard.esa.int /tumblingstone/issues/num2/varuna.htm (995 words)

	IMPATTI corpi extraterrestri previsti per il 2027 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		2000 SG344, with the estimated position of the two bodies during months
		THE FAINT OBJECT, dubbed 2000 SG344, was the first celestial
		From Earth's perspective, SG344 is slowly receding in an orbit
	www.antigravity.it /1911202.html (860 words)

	MPEC 2000-U19: 2000 SG344 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		M.P.E.C. 2000-U19 Issued 2000 Oct. 24, 17:49 UT The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets and routine data on comets.
		Orbital elements: 2000 SG344 Epoch 2000 Sept. 13.0 TT = JDT 2451800.5 Spahr M 253.70746 (2000.0) P Q n 1.01762181 Peri.
		Ephemeris: 2000 SG344 a,e,i = 0.98, 0.07, 0 q = 0.9121 Date TT R. (2000) Decl.
	cfa-www.harvard.edu /iau/mpec/K00/K00U19.html (110 words)

	Red Colony - Colonizing and Terraforming Mars
		An asteroid named 2000 SG344 has become the first asteroid to ever register on the zero-to-10 Torino scale of impact threats and could make contact with Earth on Sept. 21, 2030.
		There is a 1 in 500 chance that the object would hit earth, and scientists expect that it is merely a rocket booster left over from the Apollo missions.
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	www.redcolony.com /newsarchive.php?id=001104 (131 words)

	Wired News: Asteroid? Something's Out There
		For now, though, that is "fairly low in terms of concern," he said.
		The object, designated 2000 SG344, is believed to be 98 to 230 feet long.
		It was discovered Sept. 29 through a telescope in Hawaii.
	www.wired.com /news/politics/1,39973-0.html (400 words)

	False alarm - 06 November 2000 - New Scientist Tech
		An alert over an asteroid headed towards Earth has been labelled a false alarm.
		The warning was given on Friday 3 November and stated that an object called 2000 SG344 might hit the Earth on 21 September 2030.
		This warning was claimed to be the first in which the probability of an impact was relatively high - 1 in 500.
	www.newscientisttech.com /article/dn130 (326 words)

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