INQUIRER.net: Near impact: asteroid to narrowly miss Earth

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Near impact: asteroid to narrowly miss Earth Feb 8th 2013, 00:59 WASHINGTON - Hold on to your hats: an asteroid will zoom within spitting distance of Earth next week, in what NASA said Thursday is the closest flyby ever predicted for an object this large.   The 2012 DA 14, discovered by chance by astronomers after passing nearby last February, will be just around 17,200 miles (27,700 kilometers) above Earth's surface when it speeds by, the US Space Agency said.   That's outside the Earth's atmosphere, but closer than the orbit of most weather and communications satellites.   However, despite the close shave, NASA said there was nothing to fear.   "This asteroid's orbit is so well known that we can say with c... Keep on reading: Near impact: asteroid to narrowly miss Earth Media files: nasa-logo1.jpg (image/jpeg)

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