>From today's (1/11/13) New York Times: On Feb. 15, a small asteroid, only 130 feet wide, will come close to Earth, about 17,000 miles above the equator. That's so close it will come between our planet and some of the more distant satellites that circle the globe. But it will miss Earth. "This will be the closest passage of an object this size," Yeomans said. That asteroid, called 2012 DA14, should be visible with smaller telescopes and binoculars, but mostly in Eastern Europe, Asia and Australia, he said. " Just in case there are people on the list who might want to watch for it and don't already know about it. Best, G.O. _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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