Asteroid 2012 DA14 close approach Feb 15 2013

[gary]

Originally Posted by JPL

"Its orbit about the sun can bring it no closer to the Earth’s surface than 3.2 Earth radii on February 15, 2013,” researchers with the Near-Earth Object Program Office, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California wrote today.

NASA Earth Impact risk study -
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2012da14.html

NASA Java orbit diagram applet and orbital elements -
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2012+DA14;orb=1

Story http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...-us-next-year/

Story http://www.blippitt.com/asteroid-201...896Ftov47pt.99