PIA16737: Asteroid 2012 DA14 as Seen from Siding Spring, Australia
An animated set of images, from the telescope known as the iTelescope.net Siding Spring Observatory, shows asteroid 2012 DA14 as the streak moving from top to bottom in the field of view. The animation is available in the Planetary Photojournal.
 Target Name:  Asteroid
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Siding Spring Observatory 
 Product Size:  383 x 710 pixels (w x h) 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA16737.tif (272.4 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA16737.jpg (26.25 kB)  

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animation for PIA16737
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This animated set of images, from the telescope known as the iTelescope.net Siding Spring Observatory, shows asteroid 2012 DA14 as the streak moving from top to bottom in the field of view. The images were taken around 9:40 a.m. PST (12:40 p.m. EST, or 17:40 UTC) on Feb. 15, 2013.

The exposure time was 5 seconds long.

Image Credit:
Courtesy of E. Guido/N. Howes/Remanzacco Observatory

Image Addition Date:
2013-02-15