Phil Plait (Slate's Bad Astronomer) doesn't think they're related: https://twitter.com/BadAstronomer https://twitter.com/BadAstronomer Note especially: 12 hour

Phil Plait (Slate's Bad Astronomer) doesn't think they're related: https://twitter.com/BadAstronomer https://twitter.com/BadAstronomer Note especially: 12 hours is a long way at 8 km/sec, so this object in Ruissia was on a very different orbit than 2012 DA14. and also: Also, apparently moving east-to-west tho I can’t say for sure. Anything on the orbit of DA14 would be moving south-to-north. Obviously info is still pretty thin, and this article seems pretty speculative. I'd wait a few hours before jumping to any conclusions.