Jay Melosh
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Tracking a Space Rock's Streak Past Earth
Asteroid 2012 DA14 spans half a football field, and will whiz by the Earth a mere 17,000 miles above us--closer than many satellites.
asteroid, space, deep impact, armageddon, flyby, near-earth object, meteor
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