EARTH SURVIVES NEAR PASSAGE OF ASTEROID
It was traveling at a fierce 17,450 mph, or about 5 miles per second.
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It will continue to fly from south to north and be visible to skygazers in parts of Europe, Africa and Asia through binoculars or a telescope.
Astronomers at the Gingin Observatory, near the town of Perth, Australia had an incredible view of the moving asteroid, which was streamed live by
The asteroid poses no danger of collision and NASA scientist Don Yeomans confirmed in a live webscast that 2012 DA12 is not connected to the meteor blast that occurred over Russia Friday morning.
See the live blog below.
NASA
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