Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Asteroid as big as 9 cruise ships to sail by Earth - MSN News

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Asteroid as big as 9 cruise ships to sail by Earth
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An asteroid nine times the size of a cruise ship will sail harmlessly past Earth May 31. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JET) said in a news release that the unusually large asteroid will ... "Asteroid 1998 QE2 will be an outstanding radar imaging target … and we expect to obtain a series of high-resolution images that could reveal a wealth of surface features," JET radar astronomer Lance Benner said in the news release. He said the asteroid presents an opportunity for scientists to study the intricate details of similar ...

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