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Feb 15, 2013 · An asteroid as large as an Olympic swimming pool has raced past the Earth at a distance of just 27,700km (17,200mi) - the closest ever predicted for an object of that size.
367943 Duende ( provisional designation 2012 DA14) is a micro- asteroid and a near-Earth object of the Aten and Atira group, approximately 30 meters (98 ft) in diameter.
Feb 17, 2013 · See how astronomers captured the near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 as it passed safely past Earth on February 15, 2013. Learn about its size, orbit, and future encounters with Earth.
Feb 16, 2013 · The asteroid 2012 DA14 will fly extremely close to Earth on Friday, Feb. 15, but poses no risk of impacting our planet. It may, however, be visible in backyard telescopes if you know when...
Feb 12, 2013 · This Friday (Feb. 15), the asteroid 2012 DA14 will fly by Earth in an unprecedented close approach. The event marks the closest-ever known approach by such a large near-Earth asteroid, and...
Feb 16, 2013 · This image shows asteroid 2012 DA14 and the Eta Carinae Nebula, with the white box highlighting the asteroid’s path. The image was taken using a 3″ refractor equipped with a color CCD camera. The telescope is located at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia and is maintained and owned by iTelescope.net.
This past Friday, the 50-meter wide asteroid 2012 DA14 just missed the Earth, passing not only inside the orbit of the Moon, which is unusually close for an asteroid of this size, but also inside the orbit of geosynchronous satellites.
