Asteroid Fly-by

Asteroid Fly-by

Asteroid 2012 DA14 will be making a close call as it passes Earth on Friday, February 15th.

Check out the Library's print and online resources for more information concerning such occurrences.

Click on our "Best of the Web" link for the NASA/Ames Research Center to get coverage of this event.

To read  more about this exciting subject, read “Near Earth Objects”, by Donald K. Yeomans. 

If video is more your style, then take a look at this DVD from the National Geographic Society: “Asteroids: Deadly Impact”.

Near-Earth Objects       Asteroids