Asteroid To Swing By Earth Is '9 Cruise-Ships Big' | Orbit Animation
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 10:30
in Astronomy & Space
Asteroid 2005 QE2 is about 1.7 miles in size and makes an excellent target for radar imaging. It will pass no closer than ~3.6 million miles, but is close enough for the Goldstone and Arecibo telescopes to resolve features as small as 12 feet across.