Mythruna

Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 DA14 to Pass Within 27,700 kms
R.A. 12h 11m; Dec. +12° 44′; Magnitude 7.35
Astrometric information valid 20:00GMT/UTC. <-- NB this is GMT/Universal Time so you'll need to convert for your own timezone
Friday, 15 February 2013
Rating: Moderate

The small asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass within about 27,700 kilometres of our planet's surface on February 15, 2013. Although its size is not well determined, this near-Earth asteroid is thought to be about 45 meters in diameter. Asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass well inside the geosynchronous satellite ring located 35,786 kilometres above the equator.

If you have some binoculars, have a wee go at spotting it!

You'll need to amend this first one for your own location and time zone
http://www.heavens-above.com/2012da14.aspx?lat=55.76458&lng=-4.175826&loc=East+Kilbride&alt=175&tz=GMT

http://www.telescopehouse.com/acatalog/Telescope-House-Guide-to-2012-DA14.html

http://www.virtualtelescope.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2012da14_geocentricmap.jpg

http://www.nightsky.co/diary/

Cheers

Paul

I heard of that... If it does get close it will burn up before it gets close enough, hopefully..

It's not going to enter the atmosphere so it won't burn up. It'll pass by between the upper atmosphere and the moon's orbit.

The earth's atmosphere extends to about 10,000 km above the surface. The asteroid's closest point is due to be about 27,700 km

It will, however be passing through a region where there are satellites. All the operators of the sats have been informed though.

oh my.. if it hits something, that may affect a lot of people.

*hits phone satellite

D'x I cannot live without my phone, Imma die!

*hits television satellite

D: No the tv is dead, what do i do now!!!

*hits wifi satellite for computers

O.O ono... i cannot get on the internet, its the end of the world!!!

lol... wifi satellite?  Really?

While we're in fictional land...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhAobPugvsk

i failed xD

Satellite internet is bad. Dun get it. There are no internet satellite companies that provide infinite download capacity. 500GB max on Hughesnet gen4. So, if you watch netflix, bad idea to get satellite. But, that's my opinion/prior knowledge.

I assume you meant 500gb a year, and not a month. I probably would end up running out at the end of the year with 500gb... I'm happy with my 1200gb's per year c:

I have a laptop on modem speed right now.. I have a desktop on cable. I lost my mind.. ::)

500gb a year is beyond terrible. Watching videos, downloading, watching Netflix at bluray quality. We watch Netflix so much that we would run out of that 500gb before the week is over.

I wonder if someone in this thread is confusing gb with GB.

Me..

GB. Movies on Netflix is like downloading 12 GB's in 12 hours.
Edit: Oh gosh. I just don't like to read today. I misread that entire post. :> Oopsy :)

Thundarr!

Amazing how off-topic this off-topic post has gone lol

Off out tonight with the scope to spot the asteroid. :)

For this one, you won't need a scope. Not because it's bright, but because it's going so dang fast. (Not as fast meteorites though)

Well I was out with my astronomy group last night. We had 12 scopes, the largest being 14" aperture, but none of us managed to positively ID the asteroid. It was just too faint.
One of the group did manage to capture it on a long exposure (2 minutes) through his scope from home though: (http://blinkysastroblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/da14-2mins.jpg)

Paul

amazing :)
hope that was worth a while for you!