<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>NASA Coverage: 1998 QE2 Asteroid Passes Earth Friday</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">NASA is inviting members of the media and public to
participate in online and televised events May 30 to 31 with NASA
officials and experts discussing the agency's asteroid initiative and
the Earth flyby of the 1.7-mile-long (2.7-kilometer-long) asteroid 1998
QE2.
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At 1:59 p.m. PDT (4:59 p.m. EDT), Friday, May 31, the 1998 QE2 asteroid
will pass by Earth at a safe distance of about 3.6 million miles (5.8
million kilometers) -- its closest approach for at least the next two
centuries. <br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2013/05/nasa-coverage-1998-qe2-asteroid-passes.html">http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2013/05/nasa-coverage-1998-qe2-asteroid-passes.html</a></div><div> </div><div>gaw<br><br></div><div>Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director,<br>Friends of the Zeiss < http://friendsofthezeiss.org ><br>Electronic Mail - < siderostat1989@yahoo.com ><br>SpaceWatchtower Blog: < http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/ ><br></div></div></body></html>