Got any plans, oh for around 2:26 p.m. EST in the U.S. (1926 GMT in the UK) on Feb. 15? Because an asteroid called "YER ALL DOOMED" or to give it it's catchy scientific name "2012 DA14" will fly within 17,200 miles (27,680 kilo- meters) of Earth. This is lower than the communications satellites that orbit 22,000 miles (35,800 km) above the equator. According to science folk working away with Wal-Mart calculators, the asteroid will NOT hit the Earth on THIS orbital pass! This baby is about the size of the object that hit Siberia in 1908 (called the "Tunguska Event" - a proper gentle name which doesn't frighten young children and nervous adults) which left a forest the size of Manchester, England wishing it had grown else where. Have a nice Valentine's Day...
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