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Asteroid 1998 QE2 to fly close to Earth tonight (VIDEO)

Rome, Italy - Radar imagery reveal that the celestial body has its own satellite

The asteroid 1998 QE2 will fly close to the Earth in the evening of Friday 31 May 2013: the closest approach of the asteroid will occur at 8:59 pm GMT/UTC, when the celestial body 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. Massachusetts...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1152701
Rome, Italy, 05/31/2013 15:52
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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