Asteroid 1998 QE2: Watch as space rock nine times bigger than the QE2 flies ... Mirror.co.uk Luckily, this time the asteroid will get no closer than 3.6 million miles - 15 times the distance between the Earth and the moon. Scientists have even named the asteroid 1998 QE2, although the moniker has nothing to do with the transatlantic Cunard liner. |
Friday, May 31, 2013
Asteroid 1998 QE2: Watch as space rock nine times bigger than the QE2 flies ... - Mirror.co.uk
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Huge Asteroid Makes Its Closest Pass To Earth Today - KUHF-FM
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Huge Asteroid Makes Its Closest Pass To Earth Today KUHF-FM An asteroid nine times the size of a cruise ship is dropping by Earth Friday, and it's not coming alone. The new proximity of Asteroid 1998 QE2 — at about 3.6 million miles from our planet — has already given scientists a surprise: The asteroid has its own ... |
Asteroid 1998 QE2: Space rock nine times bigger than QE2 set to fly past Earth ... - Mirror.co.uk
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Mirror.co.uk | Asteroid 1998 QE2: Space rock nine times bigger than QE2 set to fly past Earth ... Mirror.co.uk Scientists have even named the asteroid 1998 QE2, although the moniker has nothing to do with the transatlantic Cunard liner. The name is in fact a code used for newly-discovered asteroids by the US Minor Planet Centre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
How to watch the giant asteroid sail past Earth today - Mother Nature Network
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Mother Nature Network | How to watch the giant asteroid sail past Earth today Mother Nature Network A huge asteroid is set to cruise by Earth Friday, May 31, making its closest approach to our planet for at least the next two centuries. Asteroid 1998 QE2 will come within 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers) of Earth at 4:59 p.m. EDT (2059 GMT) Friday — about 15 times the distance from our planet to the moon. There's no chance the 1.7-mile-wide (2.7 km) 1998 ... The space rock's name is not an homage to England's Queen Elizabeth II, or to the famous ocean liner. Rather, it's just the moniker assigned under the ... |
The 'QE2' asteroid set to sail just 3.6million miles past the Earth TONIGHT - and ... - Daily Mail
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Daily Mail | The 'QE2' asteroid set to sail just 3.6million miles past the Earth TONIGHT - and ... Daily Mail Scientists have named the asteroid 1998 QE2 but the name has nothing to do with the transatlantic Cunard liner - it follows a code used for newly-discovered asteroids by the US Minor Planet Centre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Scroll down for video ... |
Asteroid 1998 QE2 Has Its Own Moon - Geekosystem
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Geekosystem | Asteroid 1998 QE2 Has Its Own Moon Geekosystem Yesterday, NASA officials learned that 1.7 mile-wide 1998 QE2 — that's as big as nine cruise ships, to use an unexpected but largely accepted metric — isn't travelling alone. The enormous asteroid is bringing its own smaller moon along for the ride, which ... |
Giant Asteroid to Sail Past Earth Today: Watch it Live - Yahoo! Music (blog)
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Giant Asteroid to Sail Past Earth Today: Watch it Live Yahoo! Music (blog) A huge asteroid is set to cruise by Earth Friday afternoon (May 31), making its closest approach to our planet for at least the next two centuries. Asteroid 1998 QE2 will come within 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers) of Earth at 4:59 p.m. EDT (2059 GMT) Friday — about 15 times the distance from our planet to the moon. There's no chance the 1.7-mile-wide (2.7 km) ... The space rock's name is not an homage to England's Queen Elizabeth II, or to the famous ocean liner. Rather, it's just the moniker assigned under ... |
Large asteroid to zip by today - CBC.ca
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CBC.ca | Large asteroid to zip by today CBC.ca An asteroid nine times longer than a 1,900-passenger cruise ship will zoom past Earth today at a safe distance. The big rock called Asteroid 1998 QE2 will make its closest approach at 4:59 p.m. ET. It will keep a distance of 5.8 million kilometres, or 15 times ... |
Asteroid 1998 QE2 (Plus Moon) Fly-By Today: Best Views - Latinos Post
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Latinos Post | Asteroid 1998 QE2 (Plus Moon) Fly-By Today: Best Views Latinos Post If you haven't yet heard, despite the daily newspaper, radio and television and Internet news reports which have lasted upwards of a month now, Asteroid 1998 QE2 --- not to be confused with the QE2 ocean liner, which is about nine times smaller than the ... |
QE2 asteroid to fly by Earth from safe distance - Las Vegas Sun
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QE2 asteroid to fly by Earth from safe distance Las Vegas Sun It's believed to be about 1.7 miles long, or about nine times the length of the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship. But that has nothing to do with its name. The letters and number in the name represent the timing and sequence of the asteroid's discovery in 1998. |
1998 QE2 asteroid to speed pass Earth - Telegraph.co.uk
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1998 QE2 asteroid to speed pass Earth Telegraph.co.uk At 1.7 miles across, nine cruise ships the size of the QE2 could fit within its diameter. The latest radar technology means scientists can study the surface of the asteroid in unprecendented detail. "We think we're going to see images that will rival the calibre of ... |
Huge asteroid about nine Queen Elizabeth 2 ship-lengths in size to flyby Earth ... - Zee News
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Zee News | Huge asteroid about nine Queen Elizabeth 2 ship-lengths in size to flyby Earth ... Zee News Discovered in 1998 by astronomers working with MIT's Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) program in New Mexico, QE2 is almost 1.7 miles (2.7 km) wide-nearly two orders of magnitude larger than the "close call" asteroids that have been ... |
Thursday, May 30, 2013
That's no space station! Asteroid 1998 QE2 has a moon, radar shows - WPSD Local 6
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That's no space station! Asteroid 1998 QE2 has a moon, radar shows WPSD Local 6 When astronomers analyzed radar readings to create their first maps of 1998 QE2, the big asteroid that's due to sail past Earth on Friday, they were surprised to find that it has a moon twice as big as an ocean liner. 1998 QE2 itself is way bigger: The latest ... |
1998 QE2 asteroid has own moon, will zoom past Earth on May 31 - iTech Post
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iTech Post | 1998 QE2 asteroid has own moon, will zoom past Earth on May 31 iTech Post It was discovered back in 1998 and is measured to be around 1.7 miles or nine times the length of the famous cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2. However, scientist explained that the QE2 was named, not after the popular transatlantic ship. It was named by the ... |
Asteroid to make fly-by of earth Friday - kdvr.com
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Asteroid to make fly-by of earth Friday kdvr.com An asteroid more than 1½ miles long — with the same name as the famous cruise ship — will zoom past Earth this week from a far-off distance. The big rock is called Asteroid 1998 QE2 officially, and it will make its closest approach Friday. It will keep a safe ... |
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