Asteroid Will Fly Within 18,000 Miles Of Earth | Video

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - 11:00 in Astronomy & Space

On February 15, 2012, asteroid DA14's nearest approach will be 17,200 miles. It is about half the size of a football field and similar in size to the asteroid that leveled 100 square miles of forest in Siberia in 1908 (Tungunska Event).

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