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Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 DA14 To Make Extremely Close Approach In February 2013 (Video)

Thursday, August 23, 2012 6:12
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Small asteroid 2012 DA14 will make an extremely close approach on February 15, 2013. It will pass by Earth at distance of about 27,000 km (17,000 miles/no closer than 0.000181 AU) from the center of the Earth; within about 3.5 Earth radii of the Earth’s surface. This near-Earth asteroid was discovered on February 22, 2012 by LaSagra Observatory in the mountains of Andalusia in southern Spain. Asteroid 2012 DA14 is thought to be about 45 meters in diameter and his estimated mass about 130,000 metric tons. 

Read more here: http://www.sott.net/articles/show/250039-Near-Earth-Asteroid-2012-DA14-to-make-extremely-close-approach-in-February-2013

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  • It is Toutatis we need to watch
    1.CHAOTIC ORBIT
    2.four year cycle
    3.due December 12th give or take due to the chaotic nature (DECEMBER 13 is St Lucy’s Day)
    peanut shaped, can divide any given moment (TWO HITS)
    and it is
    4.SEVEN STADIA ROUND

    all details given by Nostradamus

  • Hmmmm. That’s about the distance of our geosynchronous orbiting satellites. Pretty close.

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