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Message Subject Asteroid approach shrank to 14,000 miles this a.m. + NASA says "Astrometry is URGENTLY Needed"
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Even if it doesn't hit us, it's liable to fuck up the orbit of some satellites, and if it hits one, all bets are off as to where it goes from there...

I can see it already, this will be another excuse for my Satellite Internet provider to have service interruptions...
 Quoting: Saddletramp


I have heard that this is the closest approach of an object this size that the public has been allowed to know about beforehand, is this true?



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 Quoting: zacksavage


According to NASA yes. It is the biggest and closest observable asteroid in modern time.

"Nevertheless, the flyby will provide a unique opportunity for researchers to study a near-Earth object up close. Here are the facts about the safe flyby of Earth of asteroid 2012 DA14 -- a record close approach for a known object of this size. "

[link to www.nasa.gov]
 
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