Asteroid 1998 QE2 To Pass Earth Tomorrow

Did you that tomorrow (May 31,2013) -- Asteroid 1998 QE2 is set to pass earth? 

The closest approach of the asteroid occurs on May 31 at 1:59 p.m. Pacific (4:59 p.m. Eastern / 20:59 UTC). This is the closest approach the asteroid will make to Earth for at least the next two centuries. 

Asteroid 1998 QE2 was discovered on Aug. 19, 1998, by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) program near Socorro, New Mexico..

Read more about this pass by checking out the attached links.

• Asteroid 1998 QE2 - Nine times larger then a cruise ship.

• NASA Radar Reveals Asteroid Has It's Own Moon

• The White House and Bill Nye Want You To Come Watch This Huge Asteroid Zip By Earth

Also please check out our Asteroid Unit Study and other resources in the noted attached links:   (Also over in the drop box at the side of our page)

Huge Science Meteor - Asteroid - Comet Pdf

Space Resources

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