Friday, 1 February 2013

NBCNews.com: Technology & Science: Record-setting close shave by asteroid

NBCNews.com: Technology & Science
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Record-setting close shave by asteroid
Feb 2nd 2013, 00:02

Asteroid 2012 DA14 is about half the size of a football field and is an S-type asteroid, meaning it is made of silicate material. An asteroid half the size of a football field will give Earth the ultimate close shave this month, passing closer than many satellites when it whizzes by. But it won't hit the planet, NASA scientists say.
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