It is heading toward Earth at 17,450 miles per hour, according to NASA, and the tug of our planet's gravitational field will cause it to accelerate when it gets here.

But it's not going to strike us, when it passes by on February 15. NASA is adamant about this.

"Its orbit is very well-known," said Dr. Don Yeomans, NASA specialist for near-Earth objects. "We know exactly where it's going to go, and it cannot hit the Earth."

But it will give the Blue Planet the closest shave by any object its size in known history, Yeomans said. Gravity will cause it to fly a curved path, tugging it closer to Earth's surface than most GPS or television satellites.

Source and video: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/05/world/space-asteroid/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

Awesome. Bump for awesome-ness.

:D It's my birthday on February 15th! This would be a great thing to see! (Providing I can see it from where I live.)

o_O that's good that it won't hit us. Now I can be excited about it too :D

Sounds like something straight out of a movie

Hi DN its too small to see with just your eyes but a good pair of binoculars or of course a telescope should make it possible

What if it ends up like the asteroid from the movie "Armageddon"?
(... Scary thought ...)

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Thank god we still have Bruce Willis. Were just gonna have to wait until after his new Die Hard movie.

isnt it coming close to australia. And what is a solar storm. Scientists said that there will be one coming

this is really cool :D bump

at least the united states isn't go to be destroyed if it hits
unless its big then were all screwed

Three days left, the myans where late with there prediction.