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Show Y HERALD, Pr Page At Asteroid could pass near Earth in 2027 By TH BORENSTEIN “We’re not used to thinking about things Kaight Ridder New spraps WASHINGTON Inthe cos mic equivalent of a bullet whizzing by Earth's ear, a half mile-wideasteroid looks as if it will come closer to smashing being that close. They’ e been coming that close for a long time; wejust haven’t known about it.” Clark Chapman, Southwest Research Insutute in Colorado into our planet than any other space rock astronomers have tracked It won't hit Earth. But its arrival in 28 years will be a vis ible reminder that space can be a dangerous place. After computing a new path for the dangerous rock, >} scientists and other prompting a final encore run. week that the asteroid will come but defini ly not hit the distance between here and the moon. “It is indeedvery inter esting,” said Paul Chodas, a re come nearly 15 times closer to Earth than the next: known that tracking was discovered only Janu: in stronomers aren't cer- tain how close the call will be. While 19,000 miles is theclosest it can come in guide Sacagawea, early next year andcan also be American money, is making a will be the samesize the unloved stepsister of comeback. Eighteen years after the :Mint stopped turning out the tonce-unpopular coin and just ‘months before a ‘younger cousin makes gussied-up debut heavy demand for Susan Bs in ssnack machines and subways thas exhausted the supply. t So the Mint decided Thursdayto do a final “1999” eacore run, {The government struck 857 {million coins with the 19th {century suffragette on the face ifrom 1979 to 1981, but found titself stuck with 550 million ‘when production ended. Many ‘people complained the Susan B idollar was too easily mistaken ifor a quarter becauseof its look sand + Now, with many vending used in gending machines. The Sacagawea dollar coin The Mint has not yet deter- Bs to strike or when the process will begin, and spokesman Michael Whitesaid he wasn't sureifofficials had yet estimated how muchit would cost. Manycoin collectors and some members of Congress have long campaigned for an ‘machines, Postal Service istamp dispensers andcity sub- end to thedollarbill, claiming tsurged, Mint officials are vowting to provide enough for the thus costs the government more in the long run. “As long as there continues to be a dollar bill, they will con- that while paper money is tway systemsaccepting the dol cheaper to produce thancoins, Mar coin, its popularity has it wears out more quickly and isnack eaters, late-night stamp. ibuyers and commuters who ‘use it. “We're committed to provid ‘ing an uninterrupted supply of tdollar coins through this trantsition,” said Mint Director Philip N. Diehl Sacagaweacoin A new, congressionally man- tinue to use it,” said Ed Rochette, executive director of the American Numismatic Association, a 108-year-old society of coin collectors. He praised the Susan B's return, Brian Minor Planet approach Earth in 2086. If it comes as close as 19,000. or 32.000 miles, the rock should tary scientist at the Southwest source of contention among sel Research Institute in Colo They've been coming that close for a long time; we just haven't known about it Ax researchers spend more time oids and money looking for aster and comets that come too That's becwuse alpaipes by an and American astronomers that mentioned iki possible erash was made publi¢ against the scientists’ wishes hy science-oriented. Internet bulletin b ‘This raised an uproarin the close for comfort. there will probe bly t ortwointhe nest few astronomical community, which felt burned over Marsden’s decades that will even get closer March 1998 alert that asteroid than 1999 ANTO, he said There is avery slight chance one 10° million that when 1999AN10 gets close to Earth in 2027, our p! ‘ ity will shift the asteroid’s math In such a way that it will come within 5,000 miles in hit us in 2039, Choda: But that’s as likely us shoot arrow through the key ing an 1997XF11 could eventually hit Earth or get as close as 15,000 miles. After scientists got fur ther information, they deter mined the rock would come close 16 times farthe away than 1Y9VAN1O but p t hit Next month, astronomers will meet in Italy to discuss how such expected near-misses should be revealed to the public be visible with the naked eye. Chodas said. It would Jook like a me prately bright star “We're not used to thinking about things being that close. said Clark Chapman, a plane Simply Amazing. ered too quarter-like. And while the Susan B depicts the women’s rights leader in stern profile, the Sacagawea showstheteen-age mined how many new Susan suid NM LTANCL) colored surface and a smooth rim. The ridge-edged, silver. colored Susan B was consid- sonasleepin a papoose. keyhole. Marsden, director of Harvard's Minor Planet Center This asteroid has been a The Oreck the Susan B, but will have a gold- guide glancing back amicably over her shoulder, her infant 2027, it could miss by as much as 600,000 will debut WASHINGTON The Susan B. Anthony dollar, once University’s Center, This rock wall likely nearmiss, in asteroid that will scientist in NAS? an image of Shoshone Indian orbit surface. That's only one-twelfth 4. takingit seriously: Because this is an asteroid dated dollar coin, graced with Earth's But the newest tracks put the asteroid. called 1999AN10, on top of the list of clos shaves: compiled by Harvard Object ‘Susan B. Anthonydollar returns, ‘temporarily, by popular demand rent path and the pull of gravity intersect with Chodas said. The asteroid ti swing as close as 19,000 miles to Earth's machinesandtransit demand has exhausted the store of the coin, Sureit'll miss Astronomers are certain it won't hit Earth, because its cur put it on a track that cannot Earth on Aug. 7. door entists for two months. miles. The most likely miss will be by a scant 32.000 miles Chodas said astronomers determined this close NE J-PUSKARThe Associated ' Rolling around: A 1979 Susan B. Aine dollar coin is shown in : this photo. The dollar coin, once the unloved stepsister of American currency, is making a comeback. 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