Asteroid 2012 DA14 Passes By – As Predicted [1]

KLYQ By Steve Fullerton February 15, 2013

This is a visualization created by NASA’s program Eyes on the Solar System. This is NOT an actual photo of the asteroid. (NASA/Eyes on the Solar System)

It was during the noon hour Mountain Time, that Asteroid 2012 DA14 approached and passed Earth Friday, February 15. Its path went in a general south to north direction.

It didn’t hit any satellites and it didn’t stay around very long. The video from Australia, where it was 2 a.m. shows a streak crossing the sky. The asteroid appears as a streak because the telescope was focused on the stars.

Preliminary estimates put the size of the rock at half the size of a football field. This is from the Gingin Observatory.

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