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University of Central Florida Students, professors, cooks, amateur and professional astronomers, and children will gather at the University of Central Florida to watch a historic moment – an asteroid the size of a football field buzz by Earth at a mere 17,200 miles away. It’s the closest flyby on record, the range in between the planet’s surface and orbiting communication satellites. While there is no chance asteroid 2012 DA14 will hit the planet this time, it’s a great...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online An asteroid approximately the size of a city block will be completing its closest ever fly-by in our planet's history early next year, and one prominent American university is planning a "viewing party" to commemorate the occasion. The University of Central Florida (UCF) announced on Saturday that they would be hosting a special event on February 15, 2013, to watch asteroid 2012 DA14 come within 14,000 miles of Earth. Several...