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title: "4 Earth Asteroids Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Back in the day, I've heard, particularly with the near-Earth asteroids, there were some asteroid hunters that knew the names of every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/back-in-the-day-i-ve-heard-particularly-with-the-near-earth-asteroids/)

[Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/carrie-nugent-18083_asteroid_back-in-the-day-i-ve-heard-particularly_360405.jpg)

> [Consider that the overwhelming majority of those 40,000 near-Earth asteroids are small enough to fit on the parking lot at the mall.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-shostak/consider-that-the-overwhelming-majority-of-those-40-000-near-earth/)

[Seth Shostak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-shostak/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/seth-shostak-2047_armageddon_consider-that-the-overwhelming-majority_373970.png)

> [Just speaking for myself, I think the return of people to the Moon has a lot to offer for understanding the formation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-stern/just-speaking-for-myself-i-think-the-return-of-people-to-the-moon-has/)

[Alan Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-stern/)

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> [The hazards posed by Near-Earth Asteroids are assessed by Sentry, a computer system developed by the Near-Earth Objects Group at NASA's Jet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/the-hazards-posed-by-near-earth-asteroids-are-assessed-by-sentry-a/)

[Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/)

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