Asteroid 2012 DA14 Flyby

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Time:	13:47:03
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On February 15th/16th the asteroid 2012 DA14 will fly past the Earth at a distance of only 34000 km (inside the ring of geostationary satellites). At a maximum magnitude of about 7.4 it will not be visible to the naked eye, but should be visible through binoculars if you know where to look and live in the right part of the world.

You can change the settings below to get the best chart for your location. If the chart shows only the Sun and no stars, then you have selected a central time during the daylight hours. If the track is not visible at all, then the asteroid is not visible from zour location. The best locations are in Asia (India, China) and the further away you are from here, the worse the visibility will be. Observers in North America are out of luck this time.

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Dimmest stars are magnitude +5. Click on the chart to zoom in on that part of the sky

Table of positions for your location

Time	Distance (km)	Brightness	Altitude	Right ascension	Declination	Constellation
Feb 15, 13:30:00	146,928	24.0	0.1°	5^h 8^m	-85° 52'	Octans
Feb 15, 14:00:00	135,677	24.0	-1.0°	6^h 41^m	-86° 6'	Octans
Feb 15, 14:30:00	124,480	24.0	-2.4°	8^h 22^m	-85° 34'	Octans
Feb 15, 15:00:00	113,352	24.0	-4.0°	9^h 40^m	-84° 12'	Octans
Feb 15, 15:30:00	102,314	24.0	-6.0°	10^h 31^m	-82° 3'	Chamaeleon
Feb 15, 16:00:00	91,399	24.0	-8.3°	11^h 4^m	-79° 10'	Chamaeleon
Feb 15, 16:30:00	80,662	24.0	-10.9°	11^h 26^m	-75° 22'	Musca
Feb 15, 17:00:00	70,200	24.0	-13.6°	11^h 42^m	-70° 23'	Musca
Feb 15, 17:30:00	60,183	24.0	-16.5°	11^h 53^m	-63° 41'	Centaurus
Feb 15, 18:00:00	50,925	24.0	-19.3°	12^h 2^m	-54° 25'	Centaurus
Feb 15, 18:30:00	43,005	23.9	-21.2°	12^h 9^m	-41° 24'	Centaurus
Feb 15, 19:00:00	37,423	23.9	-20.8°	12^h 15^m	-23° 33'	Corvus
Feb 15, 19:30:00	35,461	23.9	-16.8°	12^h 21^m	-1° 43'	Virgo
Feb 15, 20:00:00	37,783	23.9	-10.2°	12^h 27^m	19° 55'	Coma Berenices
Feb 15, 20:30:00	43,705	24.0	-3.9°	12^h 34^m	37° 19'	Canes Venatici
Feb 15, 21:00:00	51,949	24.0	0.5°	12^h 41^m	49° 53'	Canes Venatici
Feb 15, 21:30:00	61,527	24.0	3.4°	12^h 48^m	58° 45'	Ursa Major
Feb 15, 22:00:00	71,859	24.0	5.1°	12^h 56^m	65° 8'	Draco
Feb 15, 22:30:00	82,629	24.0	6.0°	13^h 4^m	69° 50'	Draco
Feb 15, 23:00:00	93,662	24.0	6.5°	13^h 12^m	73° 25'	Ursa Minor
Feb 15, 23:30:00	104,855	24.0	6.6°	13^h 20^m	76° 12'	Ursa Minor
Feb 16, 00:00:00	116,150	24.0	6.5°	13^h 28^m	78° 24'	Camelopardalis
Feb 16, 00:30:00	127,507	24.0	6.2°	13^h 37^m	80° 10'	Camelopardalis
Feb 16, 01:00:00	138,903	24.0	5.9°	13^h 47^m	81° 36'	Camelopardalis
Feb 16, 01:30:00	150,321	24.0	5.5°	13^h 57^m	82° 47'	Camelopardalis

Flyby data (relative to centre of Earth)
Time of closest approach	15/02/2013 19:25:49
Distance of closest approach	34,100km
Speed at closest approach	7.818km/s
Speed at infinity	6.143km/s

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