Asteroid 2012 DA14 Flyby

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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, 14:30:00	151,919	24.0	-50.5°	4^h 10^m	-86° 8'	Octans
Feb 15, 15:00:00	140,629	24.0	-51.5°	5^h 37^m	-86° 39'	Octans
Feb 15, 15:30:00	129,374	24.0	-52.7°	7^h 30^m	-86° 31'	Octans
Feb 15, 16:00:00	118,162	24.0	-54.1°	9^h 7^m	-85° 29'	Octans
Feb 15, 16:30:00	107,012	24.0	-55.5°	10^h 9^m	-83° 40'	Octans
Feb 15, 17:00:00	95,947	24.0	-56.9°	10^h 47^m	-81° 6'	Chamaeleon
Feb 15, 17:30:00	85,013	24.0	-57.8°	11^h 12^m	-77° 44'	Chamaeleon
Feb 15, 18:00:00	74,281	24.0	-58.0°	11^h 28^m	-73° 19'	Musca
Feb 15, 18:30:00	63,884	24.0	-56.6°	11^h 39^m	-67° 23'	Musca
Feb 15, 19:00:00	54,061	24.0	-52.3°	11^h 48^m	-59° 13'	Centaurus
Feb 15, 19:30:00	45,270	24.0	-43.8°	11^h 55^m	-47° 40'	Centaurus
Feb 15, 20:00:00	38,362	23.9	-29.6°	12^h 1^m	-31° 23'	Hydra
Feb 15, 20:30:00	34,661	23.9	-9.7°	12^h 6^m	-10° 7'	Virgo
Feb 15, 21:00:00	35,331	23.9	12.1°	12^h 11^m	12° 49'	Virgo
Feb 15, 21:30:00	40,159	23.9	30.5°	12^h 17^m	32° 19'	Coma Berenices
Feb 15, 22:00:00	47,829	24.0	43.3°	12^h 23^m	46° 31'	Canes Venatici
Feb 15, 22:30:00	57,126	24.0	51.5°	12^h 29^m	56° 23'	Ursa Major
Feb 15, 23:00:00	67,320	24.0	56.4°	12^h 36^m	63° 21'	Draco
Feb 15, 23:30:00	78,016	24.0	59.2°	12^h 43^m	68° 24'	Draco
Feb 16, 00:00:00	89,005	24.0	60.6°	12^h 50^m	72° 11'	Draco
Feb 16, 00:30:00	100,169	24.0	61.1°	12^h 57^m	75° 6'	Draco
Feb 16, 01:00:00	111,440	24.0	61.0°	13^h 5^m	77° 23'	Camelopardalis
Feb 16, 01:30:00	122,777	24.0	60.7°	13^h 13^m	79° 13'	Camelopardalis
Feb 16, 02:00:00	134,153	24.0	60.2°	13^h 22^m	80° 42'	Camelopardalis
Feb 16, 02:30:00	145,553	24.0	59.6°	13^h 32^m	81° 55'	Camelopardalis

Flyby data (relative to centre of Earth)
Time of closest approach	15/02/2013 20:25:49
Distance of closest approach	34,100km
Speed at closest approach	7.818km/s
Speed at infinity	6.143km/s

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