Asteroid 2012 DA14 Flyby

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(54.0933°N, 18.7813°E)
Time:	15:27:29
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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	152,010	24.0	-51.8°	4^h 1^m	-86° 17'	Octans
Feb 15, 15:00:00	140,719	24.0	-52.8°	5^h 28^m	-86° 51'	Octans
Feb 15, 15:30:00	129,457	24.0	-53.9°	7^h 26^m	-86° 46'	Octans
Feb 15, 16:00:00	118,235	24.0	-55.2°	9^h 8^m	-85° 47'	Octans
Feb 15, 16:30:00	107,067	24.0	-56.4°	10^h 12^m	-83° 58'	Octans
Feb 15, 17:00:00	95,978	24.0	-57.3°	10^h 50^m	-81° 27'	Chamaeleon
Feb 15, 17:30:00	85,008	24.0	-57.8°	11^h 14^m	-78° 8'	Chamaeleon
Feb 15, 18:00:00	74,230	24.0	-57.2°	11^h 29^m	-73° 46'	Musca
Feb 15, 18:30:00	63,769	24.0	-54.9°	11^h 40^m	-67° 55'	Musca
Feb 15, 19:00:00	53,862	24.0	-49.8°	11^h 48^m	-59° 49'	Centaurus
Feb 15, 19:30:00	44,963	24.0	-40.4°	11^h 54^m	-48° 19'	Centaurus
Feb 15, 20:00:00	37,929	23.9	-25.5°	12^h 0^m	-31° 59'	Hydra
Feb 15, 20:30:00	34,125	23.9	-5.0°	12^h 5^m	-10° 28'	Virgo
Feb 15, 21:00:00	34,774	23.9	17.6°	12^h 10^m	12° 50'	Virgo
Feb 15, 21:30:00	39,660	23.9	36.4°	12^h 15^m	32° 34'	Coma Berenices
Feb 15, 22:00:00	47,412	24.0	49.3°	12^h 21^m	46° 50'	Canes Venatici
Feb 15, 22:30:00	56,783	24.0	57.3°	12^h 27^m	56° 42'	Ursa Major
Feb 15, 23:00:00	67,035	24.0	61.8°	12^h 32^m	63° 37'	Draco
Feb 15, 23:30:00	77,777	24.0	64.1°	12^h 39^m	68° 37'	Draco
Feb 16, 00:00:00	88,800	24.0	64.8°	12^h 45^m	72° 21'	Draco
Feb 16, 00:30:00	99,991	24.0	64.8°	12^h 52^m	75° 13'	Draco
Feb 16, 01:00:00	111,282	24.0	64.3°	13^h 0^m	77° 28'	Camelopardalis
Feb 16, 01:30:00	122,634	24.0	63.5°	13^h 8^m	79° 16'	Camelopardalis
Feb 16, 02:00:00	134,023	24.0	62.7°	13^h 16^m	80° 44'	Camelopardalis
Feb 16, 02:30:00	145,431	24.0	61.9°	13^h 26^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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