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asteroid 2012 da14 is an object that was

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discovered in february of 2012 it's

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about 40 meters from end to end and it's

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going to get very close to the earth on

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it'll get within

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17 200 miles of the earth's surface

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and that's well within the ring of

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communications satellites that will be

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there's really nothing to worry about

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when this asteroid passes the earth on

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february 15th we understand it's orbit

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extremely well and we can say with great

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confidence that there's no chance of a

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hitting the earth and the chances of it

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asteroid 2012 da14 is going to get very

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close to the earth on february 15th so

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the obvious question is

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how can we see it well

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it's still a very small object even

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though it's getting very close it won't

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reach naked eye visibility but if you

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have a pair of binoculars and you know

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where to look and you happen to be

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located in eastern europe asia or

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australia

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you can observe it going

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from the south to the north passing

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closest approach over indonesia so it's

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it's possible but you have to be in the