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A simulation of asteroid 2012 DA14 approaching from the south as it passes through the Earth-moon system on Feb. 15, 2013. (/NASA/JPL-Caltech)

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Video NASA: Asteroid to Pass Very Near Earth

Astronomers around the world are preparing for a record-breaking asteroid flyby February 15. Measuring 45 meters in diameter and weighing an estimated 130,000 metric tons, Asteroid 2012 DA14 is considered small by scientists who track the solar system's rocky debris. VOA's Suzanne Presto reports that it will zip past our planet so closely that it will be even nearer to us than our orbiting weather and communications satellites.