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  1. 05-31-2013, 07:24 AM #1
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    Asteroid has Mooned

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    When astronomers analyzed radar readings to create their first maps of 1998 QE2, the big asteroid that's due to sail past Earth on Friday, they were surprised to find that it has a moon twice as big as an ocean liner.

    1998 QE2 itself is way bigger: The latest readings from NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif., are consistent with earlier estimates that the asteroid is about 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers wide). But the moon is hefty as well. Astronomers estimate its diameter at 2,000 feet (600 meters). That's big enough to wipe out an area of the size of Virginia if it were to strike land.
    Asteroid QE2 has a moon twice the size of the QE2? Is that what it is saying?
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    Um, yes that is what i get out of that article as well, but then i'm Dutch... you can't blame me ;)
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    Quote Originally Posted by X-Rated View Post
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    Asteroid QE2 has a moon twice the size of the QE2? Is that what it is saying?
    What's the word I'm looking for.....

    yes. da. qui. si.
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