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Topics => Weather, Climate, & Natural Disasters => Topic started by: Predator Don on May 28, 2013, 04:59:59 PM

Title: QE2
Post by: Predator Don on May 28, 2013, 04:59:59 PM: I loved the fact this was called QE2....and we are safe....

QE2 asteroid to fly by Earth from safe distance

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid more than 1½ miles long will zoom past Earth this week from a far-off distance.

The big rock called Asteroid 1998 QE2 will make its closest approach Friday. It will keep a safe distance of 3.6 million miles, or 15 times the distance between Earth and the moon. You won't be able to see it without a powerful telescope.

It's believed to be about 1.7 miles long, or about nine times the length of the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship. But that has nothing to do with its name. The letters and number in the name represent the timing and sequence of the asteroid's discovery in 1998.

Scientists will use large radar telescopes to study its shape, rotation and surface features.

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Title: Re: QE2
Post by: charlesoakwood on May 28, 2013, 05:41:51 PM: It's as big as the one that caused the dinosaur extinction.
Title: Re: QE2
Post by: Libertas on May 29, 2013, 06:52:02 AM: Went extinct? I thought it was the aliens? ::unknowncomic::
Title: Re: QE2
Post by: AlanS on May 29, 2013, 07:59:39 AM: I thought this was gonna be about quantitative easing. ::facepalm::
Title: Re: QE2
Post by: Predator Don on May 29, 2013, 12:03:30 PM: Quote from: AlanS on May 29, 2013, 07:59:39 AM
I thought this was gonna be about quantitative easing. ::facepalm::

Only if the asteroid hit.
Title: Re: QE2
Post by: Libertas on May 31, 2013, 07:12:48 AM: Today 5pm ET.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/30/big-asteroids-fly-friday-sparks-debate-over-prepar/ (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/30/big-asteroids-fly-friday-sparks-debate-over-prepar/)
Title: Re: QE2
Post by: Predator Don on July 08, 2013, 12:41:44 PM: Quote from: Libertas on May 31, 2013, 07:12:48 AM
Today 5pm ET.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/30/big-asteroids-fly-friday-sparks-debate-over-prepar/ (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/30/big-asteroids-fly-friday-sparks-debate-over-prepar/)

Love some of the comments
Title: Re: QE2
Post by: Libertas on July 09, 2013, 06:37:47 AM: Quote from: Predator Don on July 08, 2013, 12:41:44 PM
Quote from: Libertas on May 31, 2013, 07:12:48 AM
Today 5pm ET.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/30/big-asteroids-fly-friday-sparks-debate-over-prepar/ (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/30/big-asteroids-fly-friday-sparks-debate-over-prepar/)

Love some of the comments

Starts off with a bang, doesn't it? Pelosi Asteroid?! ::hysterical::
Title: Re: QE2
Post by: Tania513 on December 04, 2013, 10:56:33 AM: I thought it was about the British Cruise Ship. HRH QE2..... ::facepalm::
Title: Re: QE2
Post by: oldcoastie6468 on December 04, 2013, 11:28:04 AM: Quote from: Tania513 on December 04, 2013, 10:56:33 AM
I thought it was about the British Cruise Ship. HRH QE2..... ::facepalm::

You always did like those big and long "asteroids." ::exitstageleft::
Title: Re: QE2
Post by: Tania513 on December 04, 2013, 11:34:35 AM: Quote from: oldcoastie6468 on December 04, 2013, 11:28:04 AM
Quote from: Tania513 on December 04, 2013, 10:56:33 AM
I thought it was about the British Cruise Ship. HRH QE2..... ::facepalm::

You always did like those big and long "asteroids." ::exitstageleft::

:o I am shocked, however the bigger they are the harder the impact..... ;D
Title: Re: QE2
Post by: oldcoastie6468 on December 04, 2013, 11:40:21 AM: Quote from: Tania513 on December 04, 2013, 11:34:35 AM
Quote from: oldcoastie6468 on December 04, 2013, 11:28:04 AM
:o I am shocked, however the bigger they are the harder the impact..... ;D

That's what you always told me! ::mooning:: ::whoohoo:: ::bustamove::