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Moon of Asteroid 1998 QE2 Found by NASA Radar


Approaching asteroid 1998 QE2 has a moon. Researchers found it in a 
sequence of radar images obtained by the 70-meter Deep Space Network 
antenna at Goldstone, Calif., on the evening of May 29th (May 30th 
Universal Time) when the asteroid was about 6 million kilometers from 
Earth. 


The preliminary estimate for the size of the asteroid's satellite 
is approximately 600 meters wide. The asteroid itself is approximately 
2.7 kilometers in diameter and has a rotation period of less than four 
hours. 


http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2013/05/moon-of-asteroid-1998-qe2-found-by-nasa.html
 
gaw


Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director,
Friends of the Zeiss < http://friendsofthezeiss.org >
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SpaceWatchtower Blog: < http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/ >


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