Those of you who were worried about having to dodge an asteroid on your lunch hour yesterday can breathe a sigh of relief. The 2011 MD asteroid zoomed passed Earth Monday afternoon at a safe, 7,600-mile distance. "Updated orbital calculations show 2011 MD will safely pass Earth June 27 1701UTC/1:01pmET, 7,600 miles above Earth's surface," NASA tweeted yesterday, later confirming the fly-by. The asteroid
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