{"id":646,"date":"2013-02-15T06:54:14","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T06:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=646"},"modified":"2013-02-15T06:54:14","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T06:54:14","slug":"planetary-society-to-host-live-coverage-of-asteroid-2012-da14-flyby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=646","title":{"rendered":"Planetary Society to host live coverage of asteroid 2012 DA14 flyby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>PlanetCast:\u00a0 Live Coverage of the Encounter With Asteroid 2012 DA14<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Join Planetary Society Director of Projects Bruce Betts for<a href=\"http:\/\/support.planetary.org\/site\/R?i=aECA8SJQOmyqJwJ_zqZG2g\"> live webcast coverage<\/a> of the encounter with Asteroid 2012 DA14. This 45-meter asteroid will pass within 27,000 kilometers of Earth.\u00a0 Also on hand will be the host of Planetary Radio, Mat Kaplan.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, February 15, 2013<br \/>\n11:15am to at least 12:00pm Pacific Standard Time \/ 1930 to 2000 UTC<br \/>\nGo to :\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/support.planetary.org\/site\/R?i=GFG-ZoFOk1mKz7_Po1pBJw\">http:\/\/planetary.org\/planetcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Live telescope feeds from around the world (*courtesy of JPL)<\/li>\n<li>A video tour of La Sagra Observatory in Spain, where 2012 DA14 was discovered with a camera provided by the Planetary Society<\/li>\n<li>A live conversation with co-discoverer Jaime Nomen at La Sagra (subject to his availability)<\/li>\n<li>Just possibly a surprise guest!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bruce will also answer your questions about this and other Near Earth Objects (NEO) as he explains how the Planetary Society backs efforts to detect, track and eventually deflect NEOs that threaten our planet.\u00a0 It may be the biggest show in space this year.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss it!<\/p>\n<p>Regards,<\/p>\n<p>The Planetary Society Staff<\/p>\n<p>* Note: Telescope feeds provided by JPL will be dependent on weather conditions from the various observatories throughout the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PlanetCast:\u00a0 Live Coverage of the Encounter With Asteroid 2012 DA14 Join Planetary Society Director of Projects Bruce Betts for live webcast coverage of the encounter with Asteroid 2012 DA14. This 45-meter asteroid will pass within 27,000 kilometers of Earth.\u00a0 Also on hand will be the host of Planetary Radio, Mat Kaplan. Friday, February 15, 2013 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=646\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Planetary Society to host live coverage of asteroid 2012 DA14 flyby<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-aq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":345,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=345","url_meta":{"origin":646,"position":0},"title":"A video guide to asteroid 2012-DA14","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Planetary Society provides this \"Guide to the February 15, 2013 Close Pass by Asteroid 2012 DA14\": http:\/\/youtu.be\/fwsj6ZdSAPE","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/fwsj6ZdSAPE\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":656,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=656","url_meta":{"origin":646,"position":1},"title":"Asteroid 2012 DA14 passing by today","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Asteroid 2012 DA14 is passing by earth today. 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