THE BIG ASTEROID

THE BIG ASTEROID that some astro- nomers said last week would come perilously close to Earth has ``zero chance'' of hitting the planet, another group said. The Spacewatch group at the University of Arizona said mile-wide 1997 XF11 would pass within 30,000 mi. of Earth on Oct. 26, 2028, and might hit...

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