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Best Video So Far of the Passing Asteroid DA14

Steve Fullerton — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:41:34 +0000

The asteroid 2012 DA14 sped by Earth Friday, about 12:30 p.m. Mountain Time.

It was hard to see, but Daniel Lopez's telescope caught it as zipped through the starfield. It is featured at one of my favorite websites - Astronomy Picture of the Day

This Giant Asteroid Is Barely Going to Miss Earth on Friday

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:33:42 +0000

Seventeen-thousand miles might not sound particularly close at first listen, but when it comes to a gigantic rock the size of half a football field, it's a bit scarier.

Asteroid DA14 will Slip by Earth – Very Close

Steve Fullerton — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:25:55 +0000

If you listen regularly to KLYQ's overnight program "Coast to Coast AM," you know that an asteroid is going to zip by the Earth on February 15.

Some have predicted that the rock will hit the Earth, but the scientists at NASA, who track all the "Earth-crossing" asteroids out there in the Solar System, say the path takes the asteroid between the Earth and the Moon, but it will not hit us