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US-SPACE-ASTRONOMY
This NASA illustration shows the orbit of asteroid 1998 QE2. An asteroid nearly two miles (three kilometers) wide is set to pass by Earth on May 31, 2013 with no risk of impact, offering scientists a rare chance to study a massive flying object with its own moon. Asteroid 1998 QE2 will make its closest approach to Earth at 4:59 pm (20:59 GMT), at a distance of 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers), or about 15 times the distance between Earth and the moon, the US space agency said. "This is the closest approach the asteroid will make to Earth for at least the next two centuries," NASA said. The asteroid will not be visible to the naked eye, but radar astronomers are already studying it with complementary imaging telescopes in California and Puerto Rico and will continue to analyze it until June 9. On Thursday, NASA scientists using the 230-foot (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, California reported that the asteroid, first discovered in 1998, also appears to have its own moon. AFP PHOTO / NASA/JPL-Caltech == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO / NASA/JPL-Caltech / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==
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Washington, District of Columbia, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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31 Mai 2013 |
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