[Utah-astronomy] Direct hit / 2012 DA14 near miss

We all know there's been a lot of recent talk about the upcoming asteroid "near miss". In fact I had two more emails about it today. So I got a chuckle when I found mixed in with today's emails of a direct hit. Note that no one was harmed in the making of this photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/offshorebirder2/8450831539/in/photostream But regarding 2012 DA14, the latest data has its closest approach closer than previously thought, but only about 50km closer. So it's still not going to hit us. But I sure hope it's clear that night as I'd really like to see it. Its predicted postion has also changed but only very slightly. As always you can get the latest numbers at http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html . patrick