Yikes! And none of the near Earth orbiting detection projects even knew it was there!
related:
Small Comets and Our Origins
University of Iowa | circa 1999 | Louis A. Frank
Posted on 10/19/2004 11:13:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1250694/posts
An Argument for the Cometary Origin of the Biosphere
American Scientist | September-October 2001 | Armand H. Delsemme
Posted on 09/06/2004 8:16:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1208497/posts
A Celestial Collision
Alaska Science Forum | February 10, 1983 | Larry Gedney
Posted on 09/15/2004 9:04:28 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1216757/posts?page=3#3
The Peekskill Fireball (October 9, 1992)
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center | since 1992 | StarChild
Posted on 10/03/2004 8:46:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1234499/posts