Asteroid Will Fly Closer Than Satellites | Video
Monday, March 19, 2012 - 10:31
in Astronomy & Space
A 164 feet long asteroid (2012 DA14) was discovered by an amateur team at the La Sagra Sky Survey observatory in Spain. The space rock's estimated Earth-like orbit predicts it may fly-by in February 2013 – closer than Geosynchronous satellites.