Watch a small asteroid whiz past Earth The near-Earth object
2012 DA14 will fly by so close to Earth on February 15 that it
will pass inside the ring of geosynchronous weather and
communications satellites. February 15, 2013 |Today, a near-
Earth asteroid some 150 feet (45 meters) wide will make its
close approach to Earth. 2012 DA14, which Spanish amateur
astronomers discovered last year, will fly past our planet
closer than the orbits of most major weather and television
satellites, about 17,150 miles (27,600 kilometers) above Earth's
surface. And although the asteroid will only peak at 7th
magnitude and whiz across our sky so quickly that it will be
difficult for most viewers to watch through binoculars,
observers have a variety of choices to witness the close passage
in near real time from their computers.| The above feed from
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory begins at noon EST (17h UT).
This coverage will feature commentary along with imagery of
asteroid 2012 DA14 made available by astronomers in Australi