Whizzing Asteroid Turns Rocket Scientists' Heads
Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 02:30
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org)—International leaders in asteroid and comet research are gathering at the University of Central Florida in Orlando Friday, Feb. 15, for a special "viewing party" that will climax with asteroid 2012 DA14 zipping between Earth and orbiting communication satellites (within 14,000 miles of Earth).