NASA says incoming Feb 15 asteroid will be a "record-setting close approach"

On February 15, 2013 an asteroid about half the size of a football field will pass by the Earth with only 17,200 miles to spare. The asteroid, named 2012 DA14, will pass Earth closer than many man-made satellites. Don Yeomans of NASA’s Near Earth Object Program at JPL told reporters that...
NASA says incoming Feb 15 asteroid will be a "record-setting close approach"