NASA broadcasts asteroid flyby

By Kay Steiger
Friday, February 15, 2013 14:00 EDT
An artist's animation illustrates a massive asteroid belt in orbit around a star the same age and size as our Sun. Scientists have dismissed adventure films like 'Armageddon' where the hero uses a nuclear bomb to save Earth from a giant asteroid, as too little science and a lot of fiction. (AFP Photo/)
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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., tracks the 2012 DA14 asteroid that will come close to Earth on Friday. The broadcast will incorporate real-time animation to show the location of the asteroid in relation to Earth, along with live or near real-time views of the asteroid from observatories in Australia, weather permitting.

Watch live, broadcast on UStream on Feb. 15.

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