A Big One will go by on 31 May

[DrLeftover]

It's 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted Earth it would probably result in global extinction. Good thing it is just making a flyby.

Asteroid 1998 QE2 will make its closest pass to Earth on May 31 at 1:59 p.m. PDT.

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-asteroid-1998-qe2-20130516,0,548201.story

 

[Evil Eye]

Good.
I don't suppose we'll be able to see a lot of it with the naked eye?

 

[DrLeftover]

It has a friend

PASADENA (CBSLA.com) — A mile-long asteroid set to pass safely by Earth on Friday appears to be bringing along a companion.

Radar imagery showed that asteroid “1998 QE2″ is a binary asteroid, according to researchers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/05/30/nasa-radar-shows-near-earth-asteroid-bringing-its-own-moon/

 

[Jazzy]

It would be so cool to be able to see this!

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Scary! What if it did accidentally hit us?

 

[JetWing34]

Did we get hit?