Asteroid 'near-miss' with Earth
An asteroid big enough to flatten London has 'narrowly' missed the Earth on Friday night. Experts say it came as close as 17,200 miles to us.
First glimpse of 'near-miss' asteroid as it passes Earth
It may not look like much, but this is the asteroid big enough to flatten London that narrowly missed the Earth tonight. The 150ft-wide space rock came as as close as 17,200 miles to Earth's surface.
The asteroid, given the name of 2012 DA14, has been closely tracked since its discovery by a Spanish observatory a year ago.
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