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In 1803 the Swedish chemist Berzelius discovered another earth and named it cerium , for the asteroid (minor planet) Ceres.
As streakers go, he makes more of an impact than the asteroid.
Since the airing on Cuban television of an American documentary on the threat to the world of a wandering asteroid, Granma has been obsessed with the asteroid danger, which it accuses the United States of understating.
(The asteroid story also makes the USAT front and is inside the WP .) The astronomer making the announcement is quoted saying there is "no immediate cause for alarm."
Will Willis accept the job proffered by Billy Bob Thornton to rocket to the incoming asteroid (the size of Texas), drill 800 feet beneath its crust, drop an A-bomb, and get the hell out of there?