Showing posts with label asteroid 2012 DA14. Show all posts
Showing posts with label asteroid 2012 DA14. Show all posts

15 February 2013

The Latest Worldwide Asteroid 2012 DA14: News 15FEB2013

The Latest Worldwide Asteroid 2012 DA14: News 15FEB2013

Asteroid to pass close by Earth on Friday
Reuters-55 minutes ago
BOSTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - A newly discovered asteroid about half the size of a football field will pass nearer to Earth than any other known object of its size on ...

Asteroid 2012 DA14: First Images of Space Rock Approaching Earth
ABC News (blog)-1 hour ago

Asteroid's close shave ranks among Earth's biggest hits (and misses)
NBCNews.com (blog)-4 hours ago


Asteroid Hits Earth! How the Doomsday Scenario Would Play Out
TIME (blog)-6 hours ago
As TIME reports in this week's issue (available to subscribers here), astronomers have known for the better part of a year that asteroid 2012 DA14—a medium ...

Astronomers bracing for massive asteroid
Gold Coast Bulletin News-5 hours ago
A "CITY-killer'' asteroid, packing the explosive punch of 2.9 megatonnes of dynamite, will pass over the Gold Coast this week, but don't panic -- it's not due to hit ...

NASA to Chronicle Close Earth Flyby of Asteroid
NASA-18 hours ago
Diagram depicting the passage of asteroid 2012 DA14 through the Earth-moon system on Feb. 15, 2013. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech › Larger view ...

Asteroid flyby visible to New Zealand
Science Media Centre (blog)-8 minutes ago
Saturday morning stargazers may catch a glimpse of the 45 metre asteroid called DA14 as it passes over New Zealand on its 'near miss' flight past Earth.

Will the asteroid affect cell phone service?
WTVR-19 minutes ago
On the asteroid's approach it will “enter and exit a ring of satellites approximately 22,300 miles above the Earth,” said CNN meteorologist Sean Morris. According ...

Australia to have grandstand view of Asteroid 2012 DA14 and its ...
Herald Sun-8 hours ago
IT'S 50m long, weighs 200,000 tonnes and is going to whiz close by Earth at 28,000km/h - and Aussies will have one of the best views of Asteroid 2012 DA14.

WEB EXTRA: Asteroid Comes 'Very Close' to Earth Friday
KSTP.com-13 minutes ago
A 150-foot-wide asteroid will come remarkably close to Earth Friday, even closer than high-flying communication and weather satellites. Scientists promise the ...

What Are The Chances of an Asteroid Demolishing Your Home ...
Gizmodo-6 hours ago
In case you've been been blissfully unaware, in just 24 hours, a 143,000 ton, obscenely expensive asteroidis going to buzz peacefully past Earth, giving us a ...

Zítra kolem Země proletí pěkně drahý asteroid. Dívejte se, poradíme ...
iDNES.cz-21 hours agoAsteroid nezmění přílivy. Nezpůsobí výbuch sopky, ani nebude mít sebemenší vliv na počasí. Prolétne kolem nás tak, jak to planetky v naprostém utajení dělají ...

Asteroid to sneak past Sydney
NEWS.com.au-8 hours ago
SORRY space nuts, but Sydney won't be a good place to see the asteroid which will come closest to Earth in recorded history whiz past tomorrow morning.


The San Luis Obispo Tribune

Asteroid half the size of a football field nears Earth
Sacramento Bee (blog)-4 hours ago
An asteroid half the size of a football field is nearing Earth. CBS News contributor Michio Kaku, of the City University of New York, speaks to the "CBS This ...

Asteroid will make closest-ever-known approach to Earth
WRTV Indianapolis-Feb 13, 2013
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Scientists at Purdue University are anticipating a fast-movingasteroid that will make the closest-ever-known approach to Earth Friday.

Griffith Observatory: Great Spot for Asteroid Watching Saturday
Patch.com-1 hour ago
Video of the asteroid will be shown (weather permitting) on the NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center's Ustream site (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc) ...


Space Ref

New evidence comet or asteroid impact was last straw for dinosaurs
Astrobiology News (press release)-3 hours ago
The dates are so close, the researchers say, that they now believe the comet or asteroid, if not wholly responsible for the global extinction, at least dealt the ...

Asteroid to buzz earth Friday
9NEWS.com-by Chris Vanderveen-22 hours ago
But it doesn't mean the scientific community can't find itself in a scientific tizzy for the time being as asteroid2012-DA14 makes its way closer and closer to a ...

How to land on an asteroid
CNN (blog)-6 hours ago
Asteroids are tricky places to land a spacecraft right-side up. Spinning through space, an asteroid's small, uneven terrain and extremely weak gravity make even ...

Advancing asteroid could be worth $195 billion if it were in right orbit
Financial Express-18 hours ago
Washington: The asteroid that is due to whizz past the Earth this week could be worth up to 195 billion dollars in metals and propellant, if it were in a different ...

NASA: Asteroid flyby can be watched by computer
Marin Independent-Journal-18 hours ago
This image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows a simulation of asteroid 2012 DA14 approaching from the south as it passes through the Earth-moon system ...

Researchers' models of planet-scale collisions reveal internal ...
Phys.Org-7 hours agoThree-dimensional simulations of the global evolution of asteroid 4 Vesta under two overlapping planetscale collisions closely reproduce its observed shape; ...

What if asteroid 2012 DA14 hit Toronto?
Yahoo! News Canada (blog)-Feb 13, 2013This screenshot from a NASA animation shows 2012 DA14 streaking towards the Earth (Image credit: NASA/JPL)Asteroid 2012 DA14 is making an exceptionally ...

NASA DA14 Asteroid Coverage
Net Newsledger-9 hours agoTHUNDER BAY - Valentines Day Memorial Walk - For Families and Friends of Missing/Murdered Anishinabe & Metis WomenMeet at: City Hall, 500 Donald ...

It was discovered last year by a Spanish dentist turned amateur ...
Daily Mail-by Fiona Macrae-20 hours agoDisturbance: This graphic depicts the trajectory of asteroid 2012 DA14 on Feb 15, 2013. This view looks down from above Earth's north pole and shows how the ...

It's party time at UCF — to view asteroid
Orlando Sentinel-8 hours agoAn asteroid the size of half a city block will be zooming past Earth's surface on Friday and UCF is inviting the public to its viewing party. Experts say there's no ...

Asteroid to Miss Earth by 15 Minutes - Within the Range of Many ...
Patch.com-by Crystal Huskey-Feb 13, 2013An asteroid the size of a cruise ship — 2012 DA14 — that will bypass our planet Friday could be worth almost $200 billion, according to prospective asteroid ...

Will An Asteroid Hit Earth?, Warren Buffett Buys Heinz, and ...
PolicyMic-by Jake Horowitz-4 hours ago1. Today is Valentine's Day. Americans will spend $20 billion on chocolate, flowers, lingerie, and romantic gifts. About two-thirds of the money is spent on food, ...

Asteroid flyby will be broadcast live by NASA
Ottawa Citizen-7 hours agoThe asteroid will reach its closest approach to Earth about 2:25 p.m. Eastern time, at which point it will be 26,700 kilometres above Earth's surface. That's closer ...

An Asteroid Partly the Size of a Football Field will Fly Close to Earth
French Tribune-9 hours agoAs reported by NASA scientists, an asteroid that is coming near the earth is of the size equal to almost half of the size of a football ground. The asteroid is said to ...

Asteroid 2012 DA 14: Is The Mayan Calendar Wrong By 55 Days?
Guardian Express-6 hours agoOfficials at NASA and the JPL have assured us that Near Earth Asteroid 2012 DA 14 will not impact the Earth on February 15th, 2013, so what I want to know is.

Near-Earth asteroid could be worth $200 billion
Science Recorder-17 hours agoAccording to a recently created asteroid mining company, the asteroid that will pass extremely close to Earth on Friday, February 15, could potentially be worth ...

Watch February 15 asteroid flyby online, in real-time
EarthSky (blog)-by Deborah Byrd-Feb 7, 2013There are two orbits shown here, Earth's and asteroid 2012 DA14. The asteroid is the yellow dot, and Earth is green. The two orbits intersect twice each year.

NASA to stream asteroid fly-by online
1590 KLIV Silicon Valley News-6 hours agoThe asteroid named 20-12 D-A 14 is expected to pass about 17,000 miles above us, but bright sunlight in our area won't make it visible to the naked eye.

NASA Uses World's Largest Solar Sail for Asteroid-Exploring Missions
The Green Optimistic-by Leigh Kim-22 hours agoSunjammer 300x184 NASA Uses World's Largest Solar Sail for Asteroid Exploring Missions In 2014, NASA will be launching the world's largest solar sail ever ...

Asteroid 2012 DA14 to give Earth a record close call
Examiner.com-21 hours agoNamed for the date on which it was discovered, Asteroid 2012 DA14 will be making history with its near-Earth flyby, narrowly missing impact with Earth, scientists ...

How close will the asteroid come to Cincinnati?
FOX19-Feb 6, 2013The Moon is, on average, about 240,000 miles from Earth while Asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass just 17,200 miles above our atmosphere – the closest pass by any ...

Asteroid se v pátek se Zemí nesrazí. I kdyby dopadl na povrch ...
iHNed.cz-3 hours agoK Zemi se v pátek přiblíží asteroid 2012 DA14. Podle Space.com sice půjde o vůbec nejbližší průlet podobného tělesa kolem naší planety ve sledované historii, ...

Asteroid 2012 DA14 kreuzt viele Satellitenbahnen
DIE WELT-10 hours ago130.000 Tonnen schwer, 45 Meter groß: Der Asteroid 2012 DA14 erreicht Freitag um 20.24 Uhr mit 27.500 Kilometern seinen geringsten Abstand zur Erde.

Krater auf Asteroid Vesta: Forscher simulieren Katastrophen-Doppel
Spiegel Online-8 hours agoDer 1807 entdeckte Asteroid Vesta ist mit einem Durchmesser von mehr als 500 Kilometern eines der größten Objekte im Asteroidengürtel zwischen Mars und ...

Vesta: Doppeleinschlag prägte heutige Form
scinexx | Das Wissensmagazin-14 hours ago

Asteroid prolazi vrlo blizu Zemlje, mogli bi imati problema s TV-om
Večernji list-11 hours agoAsteroid 2012 DA14 sutra će oko 20.30 sati proletjeti ekstremno blizu Zemlje, no nema opasnosti da će "skrenuti" s putanje i udariti u naš planet, potvrdili su ...

Siapkan Teleskop Saksikan Asteroid Melintasi Bumi
Tribunnews-1 hour agoSebuah benda langit berupa asteroid raksasa sebesar setengah lapang sepak bola akan melintas di atas bumi pada Sabtu (16/2/2013) dini hari besok.

Okolo zeme preletí asteroid, bude rekordne blízko
TA3-5 hours agoAsteroid 2012 DA14 v piatok preletí okolo Zeme vo vzdialenosti iba 27 700 kilometrov, čo predstavuje nový rekord pre telesá podobnej veľkosti. Vesmírne teleso ...

Ingen risk för krock när asteroid passerar jorden
Sveriges Radio-5 hours agoI morgon kväll passerar en asteroid ovanligt nära jorden. Det handlar om en rymdsten på cirka 50 meter i diameter. Den håller sig dock på nästan tre tusen mils ...

Asteroid bo letel rekordno blizu Zemlje
SiOL.net-9 hours agoAsteroid 2012 DA14 so februarja lani odkrili astronomi na observatoriju v Španiji, ko je mimo Zemlje letel na oddaljenosti 2,6 milijona kilometra. Tokrat se ji bo ...

Vesmír chystá divadlo. Asteroid uvidíme aj my
HNonline.sk-3 hours agoNad hlavami ľudí preletí asteroid veľký ako 15-poschodový dom. Planétka s priemerom 45 metrov sa k Zemi dostane na vzdialenosť okolo 27-tisíc kilometrov.

Vapnet mot asteroider
Ny Teknik-13 hours agoEUs vapen mot hotfull asteroid. En rymdfarkost kolliderar med en asteroid för att åstadkomma kursändring. (Illustration ... TV: EUs vapen mot hotfull asteroid ...


Azom.com

Researchers' models of planet-scale collisions reveal internal ...
Phys.Org-7 hours ago
Three-dimensional simulations of the global evolution of asteroid 4 Vesta under two overlapping planetscale collisions closely reproduce its observed shape; ...

NASA: Asteroid flyby can be watched by computer
Marin Independent-Journal-18 hours agoThis image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows a simulation of asteroid 2012 DA14 approaching from the south as it passes through the Earth-moon system ...

Pored Zemlje u petak prolazi asteroid čiji bi udar bio jednak udaru ...
S Media-10 hours ago

Planetary Resources' Arkyd-100 Spacecraft to Assist in Early ...
Space Ref (press release)-1 hour agoToday, there are approximately 610,000 asteroids that are tracked in our ... That efficiency will not only fast-track our asteroid prospecting effort, but will also lend ...

Kosmosekaevurid: Maast ajalooliselt lähedalt mööduv asteroid on ...
Delfi-15 hours agoAsteroid, mis möödub reedel Maast ajalooliselt lähedalt, võib olla väärt ligi 200 miljardit dollarit, teatavad asteroididel maavarade kaevandamist kavandavad ...

Zem dnes tesne minie veľký asteroid
SME.sk-6 hours ago
PIANO je sieť predplatného, kde za jedinú platbu 3,90 € mesačne získavate okamžite prístup k prémiovému obsahu na najvýznamnejších slovenských weboch.


KOMPAS.com

Di Jam Ini Anda Bisa Saksikan Asteroid Lintasi Indonesia
Okezone-14 hours agoBANDUNG - Asteroid 2012 DA14 yang berukuran setengah lapangan bola akan melintas di dekat bumi pada Sabtu (16/2/13) dini hari sekira pukul 02.00 WIB.


Un asteroid va trece mâine aproape de Pământ
Yahoo! News Romania-7 hours agoAsteroidul 2012 DA14 va trece mâine la o distanță de 27.650 de kilometri de Pământ. Este cea mai mică distanță la care a trecut vreodată un asteroid de ...

Asteroid rast heran - zum Beobachten in die Sternwarte
Märkische Allgemeine-10 hours agoNoordwijk/Darmstadt (dpa) - Ein Asteroid kommt ganz nahe an der Erde vorbei. Eine Gelegenheit, ein solches Schauspiel zu beobachten. Wer dazu Lust hat, ...

Asteroid DA14 vredi milijarde?
B92-6 hours agoPrema mišljenju naučnika asteroid 2011 DA14 koji će proći pored Zemlje, mogao bi da sadrži vrlo vredne prirodne resurse, kao što su gvožđe, nikl i voda koji bi ...

Asteroid möödub Maast Sumatra saare kohal, suuremat pauku pole ...
Delfi-15 hours agoTeoreetiliselt võiks asteroidi möödalend homme hilisõhtul olla ka Eestis vaadeldav, kui vaid ilusat ilma oleks, aga 45-meetrist objekti näeks ikka vaid heal juhul ...

நாளை பகல் 11.55 மணிக்கு ...
Oneindia Tamil-by Chakra Deepan-11 hours agoவாஷிங்டன்: நாளை 2012 DA14 என்ற விண்கல் பூமியை மிக நெருக்கமாக கடந்து செல்லப் ...

Zemi těsně mine asteroid, ukrývá bohatství za biliony
Aktuálně.cz-16 hours agoWashington - Asteroid 2012 DA14, který v pátek proletí těsně kolem Země, není zajímavý jen tím, že půjde o nejbližší zaznamenaný průlet v historii. V balvanu o ...

Astronomie: Asteroid rast knapp an Erde vorbei
Stuttgarter Nachrichten-10 hours agoDarmstadt - Ein Asteroid wird am Freitagabend so nahe an der Erde vorbeifliegen wie kein vorhergesagter Himmelskörper dieser Größe jemals zuvor. Um 20.25 ...

Wow, Kandungan Asteroid Ditaksir Seharga USD195 Miliar
Okezone-21 hours agoCALIFORNIA - Perusahaan yang mengusung proyek tambang asteroid, Deep Space Industries beberapa waktu lalu sempat menggaungkan pekerjaan mereka ...

Der vorbeifliegende Asteroid 2012 DA14 könnte 195 Milliarden US ...
gizmodo.de-13 hours agoDer Asteroid 2012 DA14, der dieser Tage die Erde passiert, könnte Schätzungen zufolge 195 Milliarden US-Dollar wert sein. Wenn wir ihn denn einfangen ...

Inilah Akibat Jika Asteroid 2012 DA14 Tabrak Bumi
Inilah.com-16 hours agoINILAH.COM, Jakarta - Seperti diwartakan sebelumnya, sebuah asteroid berukuran 45 meter akan melintasi bumi hingga titik terdekat pada15 Februari ...

Asteroid auf 200 Milliarden US-Dollar geschätzt
Stimme Russlands-9 hours agoDie Analysten von Deep Space Industries haben den Asteroiden, der am Wochenende an der Erde vorbeirasen wird, auf etwa 200 Milliarden US-Dollar ...

Posmatrajte online asteroid 2012 DA14
Svet Nauke-1 hour agoNakon dužeg planiranja da odvezemo opremu van grada i posmatramo ovaj asteroid, meteorolozi su nas solidno razočarali. Vremenska prognoza za sutra ...

2012 da 14 asteroid
Ciel des Hommes-17 hours ago2012 da 14 asteroid. Densité de l'astéroïde 2012 DA14. Quelle densité a cet astéroïde DA14, sachant qu'il fait 45 m de diamètre et pèse 135.000 tonnes (son

Outer space, tiny ants and busy bees
The Virginian-Pilot-1 hour agoDon't forget Friday's asteroid fly-by. Asteroid 2012 DA14 makes its closest approach to Earth at about 2:25 p.m., when it will be nearer to us than many of our ...

A celestial close shave
BBC News-2 hours ago... by astronomical standards. Donna Traynor went to Armagh Observatory, one of the oldest in the world, where scientists are tracking the asteroid's progress.

शुक्रवार रात पृथ्वी के करीब से गुजरेगा क्षुद्र ग्रह
दैनिक जागरण-5 hours agoनई दिल्ली। फुटबॉल के मैदान के आधे आकार का एक क्षुद्र ग्रह [एस्टेरॉयड] शुक्रवार रात बारह बज कर 10 मिनट पर पृथ्वी के बेहद ...

शुक्रवार रात पृथ्वी के करीब से गुजरेगा क्षुद्र ग्रह
दैनिक जागरण-5 hours ago
नई दिल्ली। फुटबॉल के मैदान के आधे आकार का एक क्षुद्र ग्रह [एस्टेरॉयड] शुक्रवार रात बारह बज कर 10 मिनट पर पृथ्वी के बेहद ...

पृथ्वी के करीब से गुजरेगा एक क्षुद्रग्रह
Webdunia Hindi-11 hours ago

Vorbeirasender Asteroid könnte sehr wertvoll sein
newsecho.de - Meine Nachrichten-Feb 13, 2013
Washington - Der Asteroid „2012 DA14“, der am Freitag an der Erde vorbeirasen soll, könnte nach Ansicht von Experten bis zu 195 Milliarden Dollar (etwa 145 ...

Morning Must Reads
TIME-9 hours ago
That asteroid that "will traverse across the sky and appear at twice the diameter of a full moon" is actually a giant Conservative Brain Fart that escaped the earth's ...

16 Februari, Asteroid Terlihat Lintas Bumi
Berita8-Feb 5, 2013Sebuah asteroid berukuran sekitar 45 meter yang dinamai 2012 DA14 akan melintas sangat dekat dengan Bumi pada 15 Februari dan bisa disaksikan oleh ...

"Hannover" ist ein Kleinplanet - warum eigentlich?
Schaumburger Nachrichten-5 hours agoIst der Himmelskörper "Hannover" ein Planet, ein Stern oder Asteroid? ... fragt ein Nutzer auf haz.de: „Bestenfalls ist es ein Asteroid, aber eher noch ein Komet.“ ...

Za sjutrašnje smetnje na TV-u krivac će biti asteroid?
RTCG-12 hours agoPribližava nam se asteroid veličine 45 metara, koji će pokraj Zemlje proći sjutra ... Jedino je moguće kratko ometanje TV signala budući da asteroid prolazi kroz ...

Астероид размером с половину футбольного поля приближается ...
Голос России-6 hours agoПравда, ЕКА ограничило полёт инженерной мысли лишь единственной экспериментальной концепцией AIDA (The Asteroid Impact & Deflection ...

Die Unruhe vor der Asteroiden-Annäherung
RP ONLINE-3 hours ago... über den Nachthimmel und erschreckte einige Beobachter. Grund dafür ist, dass am Freitag der Asteroid

Milky Way's Youngest Black Hole Was Formed By Doomed Rotating ...
Huffington Post UK-10 hours ago
This image obtained by the framing camera on NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the south pole of the giantasteroid Vesta. Scientists are discussing whether the ...

Der Asteroid 2012 DA 14 rast am 15. Februar zwischen ...
Märkische Allgemeine-Feb 6, 2013POTSDAM - Die Erde bekommt Besuch. Ein Asteroid rast derzeit auf unseren Planeten zu, und bei seinem Rendezvous mit dem blauen Planeten am Freitag, 15 ...

Asteroiden-Flug: "2012DA14" zieht am Freitag an Erde vorüber
STERN.DE-14 hours agoAm Freitag wird der Asteroid "2012DA14" in 27.000km Entfernung an der Erde ... Die Betonung liegt auf vorbei: Der Asteroid wird laut NASA die Erde in einer ...

"2012 DA14" die Erde nur haarscharf passieren wird.
Wie Forscher die Gefahr aus dem All bannen wollen
Lausitzer Rundschau-15 hours ago
Aktuelles Beispiel ist der Asteroid "2012 DA14", der am Freitag der Erde ganz ... Was passiert, wenn einAsteroid auf die Erde kracht, zeige zum Beispiel der ...

Hannover - irgendwo zwischen Mars und Jupiter
NDR.de-9 hours ago
Zurzeit bewegt sich der Asteroid zwischen Mars und Jupiter. ... Der Asteroid "Hannover" in unserem Sonnensystem hat die Nummer 295.565 - und seit Kurzem ...

Feuerball war Teil einer Trägerrakete
Siegener Zeitung-6 hours ago
Besagter Asteroid kommt tatsächlich der Erde so nah wie nie zuvor - bis auf 27 000 Kilometer wird er sich ... Dafür sei der Asteroid zu klein und zu lichtschwach.

Spektakel am Nachthimmel
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger-12 hours ago
... langen Schweif sah, wird sich vielleicht gewünscht haben, dass der Asteroid "2012 DA14" nicht etwa doch der Erde näher gekommen ist als die Astronomen ...

Wanka neue Bildungsministerin - Schavan entlassen
inSüdthüringen.de-11 hours ago
... für Blick auf Asteroid. Ein Asteroid wird morgen Abend so nahe an der Erde vorbeifliegen wie kein vorhergesagter Himmelskörper dieser Größe jema... »mehr ...

Аналитики оценили пролетающий мимо Земли астероид в сотни ...
bigmir)net-12 hours ago
Астероид 2012 DA14, который в ночь с 15 на 16 февраля пролетит на расстоянии 27 тыс. км от Земли, оценили в $195 млрд. Deep Space Industries ...

AVERTISMENT NASA. Asteroidul 2012 DA14 va bruia ...
Evenimentul Zilei-14 hours ago
... distanță de numai 27.359 de kilometri de Pământ, aceasta fiind cea mai apropiată traiectorie a unuiasteroid decea a Terrei, potrivit cercetătorilor de la NASA.

650 Euro für Blumen zu Valentinstag
newsecho.de - Meine Nachrichten-6 hours ago
Asteroid in Erdnähe. Am Freitag soll sich der Asteroid "2012 DA14" der Erde bis auf 28 000... Paralympics-Star Pistorius soll Freundin erschossen haben ...

2013 THE Year of Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

14 February 2013

LIVE BROADCAST Asteroid 2012 DA14 -NASA to Chronicle Close Earth Flyby of Asteroid 2012 DA14

Asteroid 2012 DA14 - LIVE BROADCAST -NASA to Chronicle Close Flyby Earth Asteroid

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Asteroid 2012 DA14 Earth Close Flyby
Image courtesy of NASA/JPL
NASA TO CHRONICLE CLOSE EARTH FLYBY OF ASTEROID 15FEB2013PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA Television will provide commentary starting
at 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST) on Friday, Feb. 15, during the close, but
safe, flyby of a small near-Earth asteroid named 2012 DA14. NASA
places a high priority on tracking asteroids and protecting our home
planet from them. This flyby will provide a unique opportunity for
researchers to study a near-Earth object up close.

The half-hour broadcast from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in
Pasadena, Calif., will incorporate real-time animation to show the
location of the asteroid in relation to Earth, along with live or
near real-time views of the asteroid from observatories in Australia,
weather permitting.

At the time of its closest approach to Earth at approximately 2:25
p.m. EST (11:25 a.m. PST/ 19:25 UTC), the asteroid will be about
17,150 miles (27,600 kilometers) above Earth's surface.

The commentary will be available via NASA TV and streamed live online
at:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

and
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

In addition to the commentary, near real-time imagery of the
asteroid's flyby before and after closest approach, made available to
NASA by astronomers in Australia and Europe, weather permitting, will
be streamed beginning at about noon EST (9 a.m. PST) and continuing
through the afternoon at the following website:
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

A Ustream feed of the flyby from a telescope at NASA's Marshall Space
Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will be streamed for three hours
starting at 9 p.m. EST (8 p.m. CST). To view the feed and ask
researchers questions about the flyby via Twitter, visit:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc

The NASA Near Earth Objects (NEO) Program at the agency's headquarters
in Washington, manages and funds the search, study, and monitoring of
NEOs, or asteroids and comets, whose orbits periodically bring them
close to the Earth. NASA's study of NEOs provides important clues to
understanding the origin of our solar system. The objects also are a
repository of natural resources and could become waystations for
future exploration. In collaboration with other external
organizations, one of the program's key goals is to search and
hopefully mitigate potential NEO impacts on Earth. JPL conducts the
NEO program's technical and scientific activities.

For more information, including graphics and animations showing the
flyby of 2012 DA14, visit:
www.nasa.gov/asteroidflyby 

For more information about asteroids and near-Earth objects, visit:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch

----------------
Press Release: Feb. 13, 2013

Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov

D.C. Agle
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-393-9011
agle@jpl.nasa.gov

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The word meteorology and the word meteor come from the same root, so uhh. ... seemed shocked when she asked if global warming was related to the meteor.


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Шта би се десило да метеор погоди Земљу?
Глас Српске-2 hours ago
Астероид величине терена за фудбал прозујаће поред Земље 15. фебруара на прилично незгодној удаљеност. Он неће ударити планету, али да је то ...

NEW: Asteroid Heading Toward Earth Feb 15—Time To Panic?
GoLocal Worcester-1 hour ago
The object that created Meteor Crater in Arizona was also about 150-feet wide and it created a crater about three-quarters of a mile in diameter and about 600 ...

Street View: quattro passi nel cratere meteoritico
WebNews-by Cristiano Ghidotti-8 hours ago
Il sito, chiamato Meteor Crater, è stato immortalato dal team di bigG grazie al Trekker, la stessa tecnologia già impiegata per portare sugli schermi degli utenti le ...

Asteroide 15 febbraio 2013 e fine del mondo secondo Margherita ...
WebMasterPoint.org-by Lorenzo Pascucci-9 hours ago
Ma se dovesse colpire questo pianeta "si potrebbe creare un cratere paragonabile al MeteorCrater del diametro di 1,5 chilometri vicino a Flagstaff, in Arizona.

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Ontario / Michigan Meteor ...
Ontario / Michigan Meteor ~1:20 EST 09FEB2013 If you witnessed this meteor event please file ameteor sighting report on this site; thank you.
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../ontario-michigan-mete...

Yukon miner claims infection by an 'extraterrestrial life form'
Open Minds UFO News-2 hours ago
A miner of precious metals in Canada's Yukon territory claims he was infected by an extraterrestrial life form. The miner, Daniel Sabo, discovered a meteorite in ...

l'actualité de l'astronomie
Ciel des Hommes-16 hours ago
Bonjour, Il parait qu'une meteorite plus grosse que la Terre va s'ecraser sur notre planète en Aou [...] 12-08-2010 · Passage meteorite. bonjour j'ai pu observer ...

meteorite fevrier 2013
Ciel des Hommes-16 hours ago
meteorite fevrier 2013. Aurores boréales sur l'Alaska. Certaines aurores polaires ne se révèlent qu'aux appareils photo. On les qualifie alors de « subvi [...] ...

Asteroid to give Earth a record close shave on Friday
New Scientist-1 hour ago
This can help studies of all near-Earth asteroids, he says: "If you can match up spectral types of asteroids to a corresponding meteorite type, which has been ...

Asteroid hunt needs to ramp up, scientists say
Mother Nature Network-by Tia Ghose-Feb 5, 2013
The meteorite blast packed up to 1,000 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb, Beeson said. But asteroids aren't just potential threats to Earth's safety, they are ...

Une sorte d'étoile filante verte
Ciel des Hommes-21 hours ago
meteorite 13 fevrier 2013. Une sorte d'étoile filante verte. J'ai vu mardi soir à 20h à peu près une sorte d'énorme étoile filante verte qui tombait à la vertica [...] ...

2012 DA14: So kann man den Asteroiden sehen
Augsburger Allgemeine-2 hours ago
Aber was sind Asterioden, Meteorite und Kometen eigentlich genau? Asteroiden sind Klein- und Kleinstplaneten, die sich in einer Umlaufbahn um unsere ...

NWA 7325, la première météorite venant de la planète Mercure ?
Maxisciences-by Maxime Lambert-9 hours ago
Selon un spécialiste des météorites, la roche extraterrestre NWA 7325 serait issue de Mercure, la planète la plus proche du Soleil. Il s'agit d'un exemplaire ...

E se 2012 DA14...
Focus (Blog)-9 hours ago
Lì è caduto un piccolo pezzo di meteorite (rimasto integro dopo l'esplosione) e ha creato un cratere tondo come una scodella. Ore 7:30: da tutto il mondo si ...

Street View: quattro passi nel cratere meteoritico
WebNews-by Cristiano Ghidotti-8 hours ago
Se si considera il diametro del meteorite pari a 24 metri, con un peso quantificato in 100.000 tonnellate, è possibile immaginare la violenza sprigionata dal ...

La chute d'une météorite est bien à l'origine de la disparition des ...
Web & Tech-8 hours ago
L'extinction des dinosaures serait bien due à un astéroïde ou une comète qui se serait écrasé au Mexique il y a 66 millions d'années selon une nouvelle étude ...

பொலன்னறுவை வயலில் மீட்கப்பட்டது ...
தாளம்-12 hours ago
பொலன்னறுவை – அரலகங்வில, குடாவெவ பிரதேச வயல் ஒன்றில் விழுந்து கிடந்த வான் பொருள், ...

2013 THE Year of Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

05 March 2012

Asteroid 2012 DA14 - A Close Shave Ahead in 2013

Blast it or paint it: Asteroid to threaten Earth in 2013
To avert a possible catastrophe – this time set for February 2013 – scientists suggest confronting asteroid 2012 DA14 with either paint or big guns. The stickler is that time has long run out to build a spaceship to carry out the operation.  NASA's data shows the 60-meter asteroid, spotted by Spanish stargazers in February, will whistle by Earth in 11 months. Its trajectory will bring it within a hair’s breadth of our planet, raising fears of a possible collision....