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2012 DA14 sparks asteroid fever plus Vesta in 3-D

Illustration of an asteroid and its tiny moon making a close pass by Earth. Credit: ESA Here we go again. Heard of the latest asteroid to strike terror across the Web? It’s 2012 DA14, a flying rock...

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How to find and follow asteroid 2012 DA14 during Friday’s flyby

Get ready for Friday’s flyby of the 150-long rocky asteroid 2012 DA14. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 has become a sizzling topic online and on the TV news. Not a week goes by...

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Photo of incoming space rock 2012 DA14; check out a cool asteroid widget

2012 DA14 is the tiny black dot between tick marks in this reversed (negative) image. It passed near the globular cluster 47 Tucanae (below) this morning Feb. 13, 2013. The picture is a stack of 12 x...

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Go for a virtual asteroid ride; seismic activity on 2012 DA14?

Asteroid 2012 DA14, which will pass about 17,200 miles from Earth tomorrow (Fri. Feb. 15) around 1:24 p.m. CST is about 150 feet long or somewhat less than half the length of a football field....

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Watch asteroid 2012 DA14 flyby LIVE on the Web

2012 DA14 earlier this morning seen from Australia. The negative or reversed image is a 4-minute time exposure. The fast-moving asteroid created a trail of light during that time. Credit: Dave Herald...

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Further thoughts on fireballs, asteroids and coincidence

Fragments said to be from the Russian meteorite fall ring the hole in Chebarkul Lake. Credit: Reuters: Chelyabinsk region Interior Ministry Asteroid 2012 DA14 has moved on, and the Russians are busy...

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First radar images of 2012 DA14 – Watch it spin!

This collage of 72 individual radar-generated images of asteroid 2012 DA14 was created using data from NASA’s 230-foot (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif. The observations were...

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