Record-setting asteroid flyby
February 1, 2013
On Feb. 15th an asteroid about half the size of a football field will fly past Earth closer than many man-made satellites. Since regular sky surveys began in the 1990s, astronomers have never seen an object so big come so close to our planet.
— NASA Science
Video Source: NASA Science
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Near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 to miss Earth on Feb. 15
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by Robert H. Pike
It’s called DA14 because it’s scheduled to arrive on Feb 14; but now they say it will arrive on the 15th. Hmmmmmm …what other measurements might be slightly off?
by GatorALLin
more info from this CNN article.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/05/world/space-asteroid/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
by GatorALLin
watching the super bowl on TV last night….I was picturing how big this rock was……then the lights went out… Boom.