Writes NASA:
NASA Television will provide commentary starting at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) on Friday, Feb. 15, during the close, but safe, flyby of a small near-Earth asteroid named 2012 DA14. NASA places a high priority on tracking asteroids and protecting our home planet from them. This flyby will provide a unique opportunity for researchers to study a near-Earth object up close.
The half-hour broadcast from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., 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.
At the time of its closest approach to Earth at approximately 11:25 a.m. PST (2:25 p.m. EST / 19:25 UTC), the asteroid will be about 17,150 miles (27,600 kilometers) above Earth’s surface.
The commentary will be available via NASA TV and streamed live online at: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv and http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2
Or you can just watch above….
Note: You can also watch footage of the meteorite hitting Siberia this morning here.
was the meteor that hit in Russia part of this Asteriod ?
Nope, they were unrelated.
Dan
A close encounter /cum closest approach Check out to
know more about Asteroid DA14 :-
http://vikramadittya.wordpress.com/2013/02/15/clo
se-encounterapproach-with-meteorite-da14/