asteroid on it's way

Apparently, Perth is the best place to view the asteroid. A basic telescope or high powered binoculars would be able to view it but tracking would be an issue due to its speed.

"Since regular sky surveys began in the 1990s we've never seen an object this big get so close to Earth," said Don Yeomans, a planetary scientist with NASA's Near Earth Object Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory."

"The 50-metre wide asteroid, known as 2012 DA14, will come within 28,000 kilometres of Earth's surface, closer than the belt of geosynchronous satellites that record weather data and telecommunications."

Asteroid on its way

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