A close call!
Discovered by the LaSagra observatory in southern Spain, the small asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass within about 3.5 Earth radii of the Earth'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 inside the geosynchronous satellite ring, located about 35,800 km above the equator
A 45m rock impact would probably give an air burst equivalent of a 10-15 Megaton Thermonuclear warhead.
There has apparently been quite a few earth impacts from larger Meteorites this year i.e. California and Indonesia.
There have also been some well observed meteor fireballs in the recent couple of days. One over Texas and one over the UK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20654335 - Texas.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11954932 - UK.
Could this be related to the Jupiter impact about 3 months ago.
http://news.nationalgeographic.co.uk/new...-peterson-hall/Should I do my Christmas shopping after the 21st..
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