HAPPENING TODAY: Big Asteroid Flyby, Has Its Own Moon! - HydroInsider.com

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HAPPENING TODAY: Big Asteroid Flyby, Has Its Own Moon! HydroInsider.com The larger 1.7 mile-wide rock named Asteroid 1998 QE2 will be the closest to Earth on Friday at 4:59 p.m. EDT. Don't worry, though. It will still be 3.6 ... The huge asteroid 1998 QE2 is the size of nine cruise ships, about 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers) across, NASA scientists say. While the asteroid makes its closest ... 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 ... and more »