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May 16, 2013

Asteroid 1998 QE2 To Sail Past Earth Nine Times Larger Than Cruise Ship
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 16, 2013
On May 31, 2013, asteroid 1998 QE2 will sail serenely past Earth, getting no closer than about 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers), or about 15 times the distance between Earth and the moon. And while QE2 is not of much interest to those astronomers and scientists on the lookout for hazardous asteroids, it is of interest to those who dabble in radar astronomy and have a 230-foot (70-meter) - or larger - radar telescope at their disposal. "Asteroid 1998 QE2 will be an outstanding radar imagi ... read more

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China bids to host secretariat of new high seas treaty

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US deploys sea-based radar amid N. Korea tensions		Northrop Grumman AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR Radar System Demonstrates Ballistic Missile Defense Capability		Raytheon helps MDA counter ballistic missile threat with delivery of 8th AN/TPY-2 radar		NGC Offers New High-Resolution Sensors for Hawk Air Defense System		Goldstone Radar Snags Images of Asteroid 2013 ET
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