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Asteroid 2012 DA14 seen in Earth flyby

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Asteroid 2012 DA14 seen in Earth flyby

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European Space Agency, ESA

1 Views • Aug 19, 2015

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Asteroid 2012 DA14, an approximately 50-m diameter piece of space rock, seen shortly after making its closest approach to Earth at 20:27 CET on 15 February 2013. Images acquired by the La Sagra Sky Survey in Spain. The asteroid was originally discovered by LSSS in 2012. Credit: La Sagra Sky Survey/Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca (OAM)