Asteroid 2012 DA14 To Whiz Past Earth Safely

The small nearEarth asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass very close to Earth on Feb. 15, 2013. Asteroid 2012 DA14 will be closest to Earth at about 11:24 a. m. PST (2:24 p. m. EST and 1924 UTC), on Feb. 15, when it will be at a distance of about 27, 700 kilometers (17, 200 miles) above Earth s surface. NASA s NearEarth Object Program Office can accurately predict the asteroid s path with the observations obtained, and it is therefore known that there is no chance that the asteroid might be on a collision course with