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[Growled]

^ It'd be interesting to see them try.

[DocM]

[Hum]

Its closest approach is at 19:25 GMT.

So about 13 hours from now ... ?

Or has it passed ?

[artnada]

Hum, on 15 February 2013 - 18:37, said:

Its closest approach is at 19:25 GMT.

So about 13 hours from now ... ?

Or has it passed ?

It's only 18.43GMT at the moment as I post

Live NASA feed
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

[moloko]

LaP, on 13 February 2013 - 15:21, said:

Yeah but how do you stop and recuperate an asteroid? The speed of that thing must be insane

its going about 8km a second (est). But for 195$ billion it would cost 10's of billions to get there. very good if you could catch it. Maybe even some super rare stuff on there that would be worth even more.

[+BeLGaRaTh]

If you miss it, it should be back every year apparantly, according to BBC news today!!

[GP007]

It's a shame in a way that it's so small you need a big telescope to even see it.

[Hum]

BeLGaRaTh, on 15 February 2013 - 18:53, said:

If you miss it, it should be back every year apparantly, according to BBC news today!!

That should guarantee a hit