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How scientists find the big asteroids that can threaten Earth

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Specialized telescopes in Hawaii, Arizona, and beyond have spotted around 95 percent of the behemoths one kilometer (0.6 You need to know what's coming, when it's coming, and how hard it's going to hit," Eric Christensen, the director of the NEO-seeking Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, told Mashable. Credit: NASA / USGS.

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He rushed to submit his data to the Minor Planet Center, which beat the Catalina Sky Survey , a NASA-funded program based at the University of Arizona, by several hours. This one was estimated to be at least as big as the Statue of Liberty. To find such a significant and rare object was one of the most thrilling moments in his life.

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