Smaland
02-08-2013, 04:11 PM
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"A diagram depicting the passage of asteroid 2012 DA14 through the Earth-moon system on Feb. 15, 2013, is seen in this handout photo released to the media on Friday, Feb. 8, 2913 (sic)." Diagram: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The 150-foot diameter asteroid, named 2012 DA14, will pass about 17,000 miles above Earth on Feb. 15 -- lower than the orbits of some satellites -- in the closest recorded approach of an object of its size. It will travel at 7.8 kilometers a second (17,400 miles an hour), or about eight times the speed of a rifle shot, NASA scientists said yesterday.
Full story (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-07/asteroid-s-earth-fly-by-will-traverse-satellite-zone-nasa-says.html)
"A diagram depicting the passage of asteroid 2012 DA14 through the Earth-moon system on Feb. 15, 2013, is seen in this handout photo released to the media on Friday, Feb. 8, 2913 (sic)." Diagram: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The 150-foot diameter asteroid, named 2012 DA14, will pass about 17,000 miles above Earth on Feb. 15 -- lower than the orbits of some satellites -- in the closest recorded approach of an object of its size. It will travel at 7.8 kilometers a second (17,400 miles an hour), or about eight times the speed of a rifle shot, NASA scientists said yesterday.
Full story (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-07/asteroid-s-earth-fly-by-will-traverse-satellite-zone-nasa-says.html)