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1998 QE2
Earth will NOT be hit.
Current Estimated Minimum Approach:
3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers)
(about 15 times the distance between Earth and the moon)
Watch live: http://goo.gl/aEWFG
May 31 at 1:59 p.m. Pacific (4:59 p.m. Eastern)
updated:
May 31 '13
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Asteroid 1998 QE2 (and company)
1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers) in diameter
Accompanied by an object ("moon") 2,000 feet (600 meters) wide
Speeding 10.58 kilometers per second or 23,666 mph, (about 15 times faster than a rifle bullet). -phys.org
The closest approach of the asteroid occurs on May 31 at 1:59 p.m. Pacific (4:59 p.m. Eastern / 20:59 UTC), when the asteroid will get no closer than about 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers), or about 15 times the distance between Earth and the moon. This is the closest approach the asteroid will make to Earth for at least the next two centuries.
NASA Radar Reveals Asteroid Has Its Own Moon
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-182
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology
Cosmos News Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=pgTGH6y44yo
2012 DA14
Uploaded by messierhunter on Sep 21, 2012
2012 DA14 is an asteroid approximately 45 meters in size which will make a close approach to earth on February 15, 2013. It is not a threat to impact earth at that time.
Category: Science & Technology
License: Standard YouTube License
