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But with only two airplane-mounted lasers, it instead instantly explodes into thousands of pieces. Astronomers are very surprised that it wasn't literally destroyed.
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Laser beams are easily visible in space.
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Incoming asteroids spend several minutes in Earth's atmosphere.
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Asteroids made of softer or more volatile stuff than nickel will harmlessly burn up in the atmosphere regardless of size.
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Asteroids that land in the ocean will do no damage regardless of size.
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Asteroids are discovered by astronomers peering directly through their telescopes in brightly lit observatories. Whatever they see will appear on computer monitors, however.
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Asteroid positions are reported in plainly audible 75 BPS Baudot teletype signals.
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Oddly, there will be no dog to be rescued at the last possible moment. Maybe only tornadoes and volcanoes come equipped with dogs. Would you settle for goldfish?
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