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(48,121 posts) Fri Feb 15, 2013, 03:13 PM Feb 2013

LIVE: 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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Thanks for the link!! arcane1 Feb 2013 #1
They showed a video of it from a telescope earlier The Straight Story Feb 2013 #2
Oh and in case you missed it, here is a link they gave: The Straight Story Feb 2013 #3
Very cool. TY Live and Learn Feb 2013 #4

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3. Oh and in case you missed it, here is a link they gave:
Reply to arcane1 (Reply #1)
Fri Feb 15, 2013, 03:19 PM
Feb 2013
http://eyes.nasa.gov/

awesome tool for shooting around the solar system and seeing things we have out there (cassini, asteroids, etc)
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