{"id":656,"date":"2013-02-15T18:29:29","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T18:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=656"},"modified":"2013-02-15T18:29:29","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T18:29:29","slug":"asteroid-2012-da14-passing-by-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=656","title":{"rendered":"Asteroid 2012 DA14 passing by today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Asteroid 2012 DA14 is passing by earth today. It&#8217;s closest approach (17,200 km) will occur at 2:25 p.m. ET over the Indian Ocean. Alan Boyle provides some info on how to watch it pass:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/cosmiclog.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/02\/15\/16966984-watch-asteroid-2012-da14-buzz-past-harmlessly-via-streaming-video\" target=\"_d\">Watch asteroid 2012 DA14 buzz past harmlessly, via streaming video &#8211; Cosmic Log<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Observers in that area will be able to see it with binoculars or small telescopes. NASA JPL has a live webcast here of a telescope view: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/nasajpl2%C2%A0\" target=\"_d\">USTREAM &#8211; NASA Follows Asteroid Flyby<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another webcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualtelescope.eu\/webtv\/\" target=\"_d\">The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0: Virtual Telescope\u2019s WebTV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This video from &#8220;Samford Valley Observatory in Brisbane, Australia, shows the progress of asteroid 2012 DA14 across the night sky as it nears its closest approach&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZxKVzJcUW-Q?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asteroid 2012 DA14 is passing by earth today. It&#8217;s closest approach (17,200 km) will occur at 2:25 p.m. ET over the Indian Ocean. Alan Boyle provides some info on how to watch it pass:\u00a0 Watch asteroid 2012 DA14 buzz past harmlessly, via streaming video &#8211; Cosmic Log Observers in that area will be able to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=656\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Asteroid 2012 DA14 passing by today<\/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":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-aA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":646,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=646","url_meta":{"origin":656,"position":0},"title":"Planetary Society to host live coverage of asteroid 2012 DA14 flyby","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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