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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLIVE: Asteroid 2012 DA14 set for record Earth pass
Live video here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21479163#TWEET606243
An asteroid as large as an Olympic swimming pool will race past the Earth on Friday at a distance of just 27,700km (17,200mi) - the closest ever predicted for an object of that size.
It will pass closer even than the geosynchronous satellites that orbit the Earth, with its closest approach predicted to be at 19:25 GMT.
--Just saw a video of it, pretty cool
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LIVE: Asteroid 2012 DA14 set for record Earth pass (Original Post)
The Straight Story
Feb 2013
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arcane1
(38,613 posts)1. Thanks for the link!!
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)2. They showed a video of it from a telescope earlier
A streaking dash of light but still cool!
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)3. Oh and in case you missed it, here is a link they gave:
http://eyes.nasa.gov/
awesome tool for shooting around the solar system and seeing things we have out there (cassini, asteroids, etc)
awesome tool for shooting around the solar system and seeing things we have out there (cassini, asteroids, etc)
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)4. Very cool. TY
First time I have ever ridden along with an asteroid.