| 1. | The Royal and Ancient Golf Club had vigorously opposed a closer approach.
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| 2. | Closest approach occurred at 4 : 05 UTC at a distance of.
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| 3. | The closest approach was ( 112 mi ) on October 15, 2001.
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| 4. | The cyclone turned northward after its close approach to the southeastern Bahamas.
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| 5. | This is the 17th closest approach by a comet of all time.
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| 6. | The moon is near its closest approach to the Earth this year.
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| 7. | Hyakutaki's close approach brought it to 9 million miles from the earth.
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| 8. | This record approach was only slightly closer than other recent close approaches.
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| 9. | During the 1976 close approach the asteroid reached about apparent magnitude 14.
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| 10. | During the 1914 close approach the asteroid reached about apparent magnitude 7.7.
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