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Breaking-NASA WARNS: Possible Seismic Activity on Asteroid 2012 DA14 -WTF!!!-over 950 injured- meteor shower in Russia-comet breaking apart?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 34408988:MV8yMTM5NDk0XzM2MTMxMDc0XzlGNjRFNkIz] How to Watch Tomorrow’s Record-Breaking Asteroid Flyby of Earth A large space rock known as asteroid 2012 DA14 will be zipping by our planet on Feb. 15, coming within 28,000 km of Earth, the closest approach ever seen for an object its size. You can catch the event live using a backyard telescope or binoculars or watch it here on Wired with a collection of live feeds from around the world. The asteroid will be at its peak brightness at 11:24 a.m. PST/ 2:24 p.m. EST, meaning that it will still be daytime for viewers in the Americas. The best sky-watching locations will be in Australia and Asia, where 2012 DA14 will be visible shortly before dawn on Feb. 16, or from Europe and Africa, where the object will be seen in the late evening on the 15th. The map below from astronomer Geert Barentsen in the U.K. shows the best places and times to see the flyby during its peak visibility. [b]scroll down there is a map[/b] http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/how-to-watch-asteroid-2012-da14/ [/quote]
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Feb. 14, 2013: For eons, Earth has felt the tremors of asteroids striking our planet. From the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago to the felled forests around Tunguska in 1908, the space rocks keep coming.
This week, Earth strikes back. When asteroid 2014 DA14 makes a record close approach to our planet on Feb. 15th, the space rock could be the one feeling tremors.
New research by Richard Binzel, a professor of planetary science at MIT, suggests that many near-Earth asteroids experience a seismic jolt when they pass too close to our planet’s gravitational field.
"We are going to be looking closely for evidence of seismic activity on 2014 DA14 as it passes by," says Binzel. "This is the first case of an object coming close enough to experience quakes AND where we have enough notice to plan observations."
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