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Asteroid buzzes, misses Earth...unlike meteor

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Closest Asteroid

This image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows a simulation of asteroid 2012 DA14 approaching from the south as it passes through the Earth-moon system on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013.

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