Duende · below geostationary altitude
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Duende · below geostationary altitude

Duende, then known as 2012 DA14, passes Earth on 15 February 2013. It is a small asteroid only a few tens of metres across.

Why explore it?

It passes below the altitude of geostationary satellites without colliding. Its motion is not that of an Earth satellite.