Asteroid 2012 DA14

If you haven't heard already, this is no ordinary asteroid. This rock is going to narrowly miss old planet earth by about 17,200 miles on February 15, 2013. The rock has a diameter of about 50 meters, so in short it won't cause any extinctions. But why is this significant to know? Well the information we learn from occurrences like this is tremendous. Astronomers learn how to find and track theses potential dangers, so if a bigger one comes along we can prepare. Don't waste your time trying to find this shooting star thought, it cannot be seen by the naked eye.

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