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Letter: For the record

Published 15 November 2017

• The kinetic energy of an iron asteroid 500 metres across is about a hundred-thousandth the energy Earth receives from the sun in a year (28 October, p 42).

• Mild-mannered journalists note that the proper name of a certain superhero is Spider-Man, with a hyphen (28 October, p 39).

Issue no. 3152 published 18 November 2017

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