Closer Than Ever: Asteroid To Safely Pass Earth

The flyby of asteroid "2012 DA14" on February 15, 2013, will be the closest known approach to Earth for an object its size. It will pass about 17,200 miles from Earth's surface - closer than the communications satellites that ring the planet 22,000 miles away. It is vital we learn all we can about asteroids in case we have to deflect one. In 1908, a 330-foot meteor exploded in the atmosphere above Siberia with an impact 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.
Trajectory of asteroid "2012 DA14" from March 18, 2012 to February 18, 2013:

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A 165 foot asteroid will pass about 17,200 miles from Earth's surface on Feb 15, 2013. It will not hit our planet but it will be a "record-breaking approach," said NASA.