Huge Asteroid 1998 QE2 Sails By Earth on Friday - Yahoo! Movies (blog)

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Huge Asteroid 1998 QE2 Sails By Earth on Friday Yahoo! Movies (blog) Tempting as the connection may be, the space rock's name is not a nod to England's Queen Elizabeth II, or to the famous 12-deck ocean liner that was retired from service in 2008. But to give a sense of the asteroid's enormous scale, NASA officials pointed out that the QE2 asteroid is the size of nine QE2 cruise ships. It's unlikely that an observer on the ground will be able to spot 1988 QE2 without the help of a telescope. Even from a location free of light pollution, the asteroid will be 100 times fainter than the dimmest ... and more »