Information About DA14
2012 DA14 is a near-Earth asteroid with an estimated diameter of about 50 meters and an estimated mass of about 190,000 metric tons.
Small near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass very close to Earth on Feb. 15, so close that it will pass inside the ring of geosynchronous weather and communications satellites.
NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office can accurately predict the asteroid's path with the observations obtained, and it is therefore known that there is no chance that the asteroid might be on a collision course with Earth.
NASA held a media teleconference on Thursday, Feb. 7, to discuss asteroid 2012 DA14 which will have a very close, but safe, flyby of Earth on Feb. 15, 2013. Also discussed are NASA's efforts to find potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.
To watch a recording of the teleconference, visit: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/29104663 .
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Artist's impression of asteroid 2012 DA14's Earth flyby.
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Small near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass very close to Earth on Feb. 15, so close that it will pass inside the ring of geosynchronous weather and communications satellites.
NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office can accurately predict the asteroid's path with the observations obtained, and it is therefore known that there is no chance that the asteroid might be on a collision course with Earth.
NASA held a media teleconference on Thursday, Feb. 7, to discuss asteroid 2012 DA14 which will have a very close, but safe, flyby of Earth on Feb. 15, 2013. Also discussed are NASA's efforts to find potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.
To watch a recording of the teleconference, visit: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/29104663 .
More about in here neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news174.html
These VIDEOS are by NASA
Source: NASA
| The Flyby of Asteroid 2012 DA14 - A Discussion with Don Yeomans of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. › Download video | An animation depicting the trajectory of asteroid 2012 DA14 as it travels within the Earth-moon system on Feb. 15, 2013. › Download video | |
| An overview of near-Earth objects with emphasis on the upcoming close approach of asteroid 2012 DA14. › Download video | NASA is sending the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to asteroid 1999 RQ36 to better understand the evolution of its orbit and to retrieve a pristine sample for study on Earth. › Download video |