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Asteroid Streaks Close to Earth

Feb 15th 2013, 19:43

If news of a meteor slamming into Siberia wasn't unsettling enough, an astroid is heading towards Earth. Astronomers say we're safe - the Asteroid 2012 DA14 is hurtling towards the planet but is not on track to hit it. It is expected to come within 28,000 kilometers of Earth on Friday, at 7.8 kilometers per second. Watch the NASA livestream: </div> <div style="text-align: left; border:1px solid #adadad; background-color: #F6F6F6; color: #666666; padding:10px; -webkit-border-radius:6px; border-radius:6px; -moz-border-radius:6px; line-height:14px; margin-bottom:12px;"> Media files:<br> <a href="http://gdb.voanews.com/AEEB8BC5-BB29-4307-ADDA-29E7A0D632F3_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1"> AEEB8BC5-BB29-4307-ADDA-29E7A0D632F3_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1</a> (image/jpeg, 0 MB) <br> </div> </td></tr> </table> <img alt="" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tg1_58qeEX-XUIYRKVqMHjccHVh4W0ztJKbKAzCb7MJ8LBqdb1uSCCXtLYCBvIZGPyN6P1qvRFCMZMLSrGX43umU9mNNvnyQ=s0-d"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="100%" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; border:1px solid #adadad; background-color: #F3F1EC; color: #666666; padding:10px; border-radius:6px; -moz-border-radius:6px; -webkit-border-radius:6px; line-height:14px; font-size: 11px; color:#666;"> <tr> <td>You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at <a href="http://blogtrottr.com/">blogtrottr.com</a>.<br><br> If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can <a href="http://blogtrottr.com/unsubscribe/lHw/YC132v">unsubscribe from this feed</a>, or <a href="http://blogtrottr.com/subscriptions/">manage all your subscriptions</a> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </p> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'><span class='post-author vcard'> Posted by <span class='fn'>Admin</span> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <a class='timestamp-link' href='https://newsbuzzrealtime.blogspot.com/2013/02/voice-of-america-asteroid-streaks-close.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' title='2013-02-15T11:48:00-08:00'>11:48 AM</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> </span> <span class='post-icons'> <span class='item-control blog-admin pid-1987897196'> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6609649247724673256&postID=5604287924819610394&from=pencil' title='Edit Post'> <img alt='' class='icon-action' height='18' src='https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif' width='18'/> </a> </span> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> <a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-email' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=6609649247724673256&postID=5604287924819610394&target=email' target='_blank' title='Email This'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Email This</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-blog' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=6609649247724673256&postID=5604287924819610394&target=blog' onclick='window.open(this.href, "_blank", "height=270,width=475"); return false;' target='_blank' title='BlogThis!'><span class='share-button-link-text'>BlogThis!</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-twitter' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=6609649247724673256&postID=5604287924819610394&target=twitter' target='_blank' title='Share to Twitter'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Share to Twitter</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-facebook' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=6609649247724673256&postID=5604287924819610394&target=facebook' onclick='window.open(this.href, "_blank", "height=430,width=640"); return false;' target='_blank' title='Share to Facebook'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Share to Facebook</span></a><a class='goog-inline-block share-button sb-pinterest' href='https://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=6609649247724673256&postID=5604287924819610394&target=pinterest' target='_blank' title='Share to Pinterest'><span class='share-button-link-text'>Share to Pinterest</span></a> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'><span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'><span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='comments' id='comments'> <a name='comments'></a> <h4>No comments:</h4> <div id='Blog1_comments-block-wrapper'> <dl class='avatar-comment-indent' id='comments-block'> </dl> </div> <p class='comment-footer'> <div class='comment-form'> <a name='comment-form'></a> <h4 id='comment-post-message'>Post a Comment</h4> <p> </p> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/frame/6609649247724673256?po=5604287924819610394&hl=en' id='comment-editor-src'></a> <iframe allowtransparency='true' class='blogger-iframe-colorize blogger-comment-from-post' frameborder='0' height='410px' id='comment-editor' name='comment-editor' src='' width='100%'>

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Voice of America: Asteroid Streaks Close to Earth