Video: 2012 DA14 asteroid to skim past the earth

Friday 15 February 2013 11:50 GMT

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An asteroid measuring 150km is set to fly past the earth on Friday 15 February.

The 2012 DA14 asteroid weighs 130,000 tonnes and will be coming so close to the earth that it will come into the orbit of some communication satellites.

Video credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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