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Friday, February 15, 2013

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It's Out Of Here: Asteroid Whizzes By

An illustration of what asteroid 2012 DA 14 may look like as it approaches Earth.

February 15, 2013 About the size of an office building, asteroid 2012 DA14 flew by Earth on Friday — coming within about 17,000 miles of the planet.

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'No Link' Between Meteor That Hurt Hundreds And Asteroid That Flew By

A meteor's vapor trail above  the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Friday.

February 15, 2013 The sights and sounds across Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday as a meteor came roaring in were awesome. There are reports of more than 900 people being injured, most when windows shattered. But European Space Agency experts say there's no connection to the large asteroid that's whizzing past Earth later in the day.

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