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Asteroid 2012 DA14 seven hours before closest approach
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- Title Asteroid 2012 DA14 seven hours before closest approach
- Released 15/02/2013 2:22 pm
- Copyright Dave Herald. Used by permission.
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Asteroid 2012 DA14 is predicted to make closest approach to Earth at 20:27 CET on 15 February 2013.
In this image acquired by amateur astronomer Dave Herald, Murrumbateman, Australia, asteroid 2012 DA14 is seen as a streak running almost vertically at centre. It is a three-minute min exposure, with the asteroid seen at -82.5 degrees and heading south. The streak is quite regular - indicating no major brightness variations over a time scale of three minutes. At closest approach, the object will be moving so fast as to cover this distance in approximately 15 seconds.
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