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RECORD-SETTING ASTEROID FLYBY: On Feb. 15th.........update
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 9066815:MV8yMTIyNDI0XzM1ODEyNjA0X0YzREQ2MjhD] Just go a little closer. On Feb. 15th an asteroid about half the size of a football field will fly past Earth only 17,200 miles above our planet's surface. There's no danger of a collision, but the space rock, designated 2012 DA14, has NASA's attention. This is a record-setting close approach," says Don Yeomans of NASA's Near Earth Object Program at JPL. "Since regular sky surveys began in the 1990s, we've never seen an object this big get so close to Earth." This is a record-setting close approach," says Don Yeomans of NASA's Near Earth Object Program at JPL. "Since regular sky surveys began in the 1990s, we've never seen an object this big get so close to Earth." 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. [full story] [video] spaceweather.com How will we live without satellites? [/quote]
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about half the size of a football field will fly past Earth closer than many man-made satellites
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