Laurance
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Post by Laurance on Feb 15, 2013 10:00:59 GMT 1
At 19:25 UTC on Friday, Feb. 15th, asteroid 2012 DA14 will fly past Earth only 17,200 miles above our planet's surface. This will put it well inside the orbit of geosynchronous satellites, closer than any asteroid of the same size has come since regular sky surveys began in the 1990s. Researchers speculate that Earth's gravity might even cause some seismic activity on the 50m-wide space rock.
Simulation of the fly-by:-
www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=159378831
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