Watch Asteroid 2012 DA14 Flyby Live!!!
Watch asteroid 2012 DA14 flyby live
Source http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2013/02/14/watch-asteroid-2012-da14-flyby-live/
Asteroid 2012 DA14 was discovered by the La Sagra Sky Survey, Spain on February 23, 2012 and it was about 2.7 million miles (4.3 million kilometers) distant at the time of first observation. It’s flyby is the closest ever predicted Earth approach for an object this large (first estimates 45 m) which makes it such an interesting NEO. It is traveling at about 17,450 miles per hour (28,100 kilometers per hour), or 4.8 miles per second (7.82 kilometers per second) relative to Earth and by latest estimates it is about 65 meters in diameter.
Where to watch asteroid 2012 DA14 live
- NASA Television will provide commentary starting at 2 p.m. EST Feb 15 (11 a.m. PST, 19:00 UTC). The commentary will be available via NASA TV and streamed live online at: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv and http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2
- In addition to the commentary, near real-time imagery of the asteroid’s flyby before and after closest approach, made available to NASA by astronomers in Australia and Europe, weather permitting, will be streamed beginning at about noon EST (9 a.m. PST, 17:00 UTC) and continuing through the afternoon at the following website: http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2
- Slooh Space Camera will cover its near-approach on Friday, February 15th, with several live shows onSlooh.com, free to the public, starting at 6 PM PST / 9 PM EST / 02:00 UTC (2/16) – International times here: http://goo.gl/ythGd - accompanied by real-time discussions with Slooh Space Camera’s Paul Cox, astronomer and author Bob Berman, and Prescott Observatory manager, Matt Francis. Viewers can watch live on their PC or IOS/Android mobile device. https://plus.google.com/u/0/108176209664415419112/posts/TqoA426EhKB
- A Ustream feed of the flyby from a telescope at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will be streamed for three hours starting at 9 p.m. EST (8 p.m. CST, 02:00 UTC). To view the feed and ask researchers questions about the flyby via Twitter, visit: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc
- Remotely controlled Robotic Telescopes announced their coverage here: http://www.virtualtelescope.eu/webtv/
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