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    Farewell to a rocky visitor: asteroid 2012DA14 (the near-horizontal streak in the image) seen departing Earth around 23:45 CET after making closest approach at 20:27 CET on 15 February 2013. This image was acquired at ESA's Optical Ground Station (OGS) located on Tenerife, Spain. 

    Credits: ESA/Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias/Iciar Montilla, Julio Castro, Alfred Rosenberg

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    Asteroid 2012 DA14 (the near-horizontal streak in the image) seen departing Earth around 23:45 CET after making closest approach at 20:27 CET on 15 February 2013. This image was acquired at ESA's Optical Ground Station (OGS) located on Tenerife, Spain. Credit: Iciar Montilla, Julio Castro, Alfred Rosenberg

    Credits: ESA/Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias/Iciar Montilla, Julio Castro, Alfred Rosenberg

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