Article-I.D.: npoiv.4096
Posted: Tue Mar 12 17:05:32 1985
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	Anton Winteroak

	Over on net.astro someone (Ken A.) indicated that a body named
1983 TB was due to actually hit the Earth in the year 2115. Of course if
this is the case, we will welcome it safely into Earth orbit by means of
mid course corrections. It may be a valuable source of raw materials.
	I ask you though, does anyone actually know of any source of
information that would say that this is true or not. Please post any
real info about this, and give some reference.
	If you want to send me mail on this send it to ...!npois!jay
not !npoiv!jay. I'm just here today because of a bad power supply.

Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.518
Posted: Fri Mar 15 01:16:40 1985
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> 	Over on net.astro someone (Ken A.) indicated that a body named
> 1983 TB was due to actually hit the Earth in the year 2115. Of course if
> this is the case, we will welcome it safely into Earth orbit by means of
> mid course corrections. It may be a valuable source of raw materials.
> 	I ask you though, does anyone actually know of any source of
> information that would say that this is true or not. Please post any
> real info about this, and give some reference.
> 	If you want to send me mail on this send it to ...!npois!jay
> not !npoiv!jay. I'm just here today because of a bad power supply.

For your information, Ken A. is a glitch in the UUCP software.  This 
glitch has been around for quite some time and no one seems to know how
to cure it.  It pops up at random on the net and posts nonsense that can
sometimes fool the unwary.  It is possible that this glitch might be in
the hardware at some unknown site (loose connection?) in which case it
will probably go away after a while.

Information on celestial objects in the vicinity of the earth (or pre-
dicted to be in the vicinity) can be found in Sky and Telescope magazine.
Brian Marsden at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Institute keeps up-to-date
lists of various objects and acts as an umpire for 1st sightings of all
comets, novas, and other phenomena.  You will find his address in the
magazine also.   

By the way...if you want to study the effects of the UUCP glitch mentioned
above, try subscribing to net.flame, net.politics, and net.religeon.  It
is especially virulent there.  I hope it doesn't run its full course 
through this group or we will all have to unsubscribe.

Tom Pace
ihnp4!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!atst
Above opinions are my own and should not be construed with those of the
Boeing Company which, interesting thought they might be, are not included
here for lack of space.