* Astronomy

Update:
The 38 - 85 metre wide asteroid 2012 DA14 made a close pass, travelling at 5.49 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 16th February, 2012 @ 06:19 UT ±00:07.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).

Ed ~ the asteroid will return on the 16th February, 2013 @ 00:32 UT ±03:18 (Minimum Distance 0.00017 AU)

Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   V 
2012 02 15 000000 15 41 27.6 -27 34 12   0.018   0.987   86.1  92.8  18.9
2012 02 16 000000 15 32 55.9 -16 44 56   0.017   0.988   91.5  87.4  18.7
2012 02 17 000000 15 25 10.6 -05 41 55   0.018   0.990   97.0  82.0  18.5
2012 02 18 000000 15 18 04.6 +04 46 41   0.018   0.992  101.9  77.0  18.4
2012 02 19 000000 15 11 31.9 +14 05 54   0.020   0.994  106.0  72.9  18.4
2012 02 20 000000 15 05 27.6 +22 01 50   0.022   0.996  109.2  69.7  18.5
2012 02 21 000000 14 59 47.6 +28 36 54   0.024   0.998  111.5  67.2  18.6
2012 02 22 000000 14 54 28.3 +34 01 36   0.026   1.000  113.2  65.4  18.8
2012 02 23 000000 14 49 27.0 +38 28 17   0.029   1.002  114.4  64.1  19.0
2012 02 24 000000 14 44 41.3 +42 08 24   0.032   1.003  115.3  63.1  19.1
2012 02 25 000000 14 40 09.2 +45 11 23   0.034   1.005  115.9  62.4  19.3