Monday, January 28, 2013

Record-setting Asteroid Flyby in February


Source - NASA Science News for Jan. 28, 2013

On Feb. 15th an asteroid about half the size of a football field will fly past Earth closer than many man-made satellites. Since regular sky surveys began in the 1990s, astronomers have never seen an object so big come so close to our planet.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/28jan_2012da/

A companion video is posted below and can also be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwidzVHvbGI



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