{"id":2567,"date":"2013-06-01T20:43:33","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T20:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2567"},"modified":"2013-06-01T20:43:33","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T20:43:33","slug":"big-asteroid-passes-by-earth-white-house-google-hangout-asteroid-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2567","title":{"rendered":"Big asteroid passes by earth + White House Google Hangout asteroid discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Asteroid 1998 QE2 passed earth yesterday and earthlings waved hello\/goodbye to it: <a href=\"http:\/\/cosmiclog.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/05\/31\/18658007-asteroid-1998-qe2-sails-past-earth-leaving-cosmic-lessons-behind\" target=\"_d\">Asteroid 1998 QE2 sails past Earth, leaving cosmic lessons behind &#8211; Cosmic Log<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This event inspired a Google+ Hangout that included a participant from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) along with several space notables for a discussion about\u00a0 asteroids: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/we-the-geeks?utm_source=wethegeeksemail&amp;utm_content=text1&amp;utm_campaign=science\" target=\"_d\">We the Geeks: A White House Google+ Hangout Series &#8211; The White House<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>During a conversation moderated by OSTP&#8217;s Cristin Dorgelo, we\u2019ll be talking about asteroid identification, characterization, resource utilization, and hazard mitigation with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lori Garver, Deputy Administrator,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\">NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bill Nye, Executive Director,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/\">Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ed Lu, former astronaut and CEO,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/b612foundation.org\/\">B612 Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Peter Diamandis, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetaryresources.com\/\">Planetary Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jose Luis Galache, Astronomer at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.minorplanetcenter.net\/\">International Astronomical Union\u2019s\u00a0Minor Planet Center<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yJq91w3sqvk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asteroid 1998 QE2 passed earth yesterday and earthlings waved hello\/goodbye to it: Asteroid 1998 QE2 sails past Earth, leaving cosmic lessons behind &#8211; Cosmic Log. This event inspired a Google+ Hangout that included a participant from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) along with several space notables for a discussion about\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2567\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Big asteroid passes by earth + White House Google Hangout asteroid discussion<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-space-science","category-spacecasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-Fp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2808,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2808","url_meta":{"origin":2567,"position":0},"title":"Arecibo takes radar snapshots of asteroid 1998 QE2","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Alan Boyle reports on radar images made by the Arecibo Radio Observatory of the 1998 QE2\u00a0 asteroid and its moon during their recent pass by of earth: Asteroid 1998 QE2 gets a close look from the world's widest radio dish - Cosmic Log More at Arecibo Observatory Finds Asteroid 2012\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asteroids &amp; Comets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Asteroids &amp; Comets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=75"},"img":{"alt_text":"Arecibo-QE2Asteroid-June07","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Arecibo-QE2Asteroid-June07.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2659,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2659","url_meta":{"origin":2567,"position":1},"title":"Video: Asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This NASA JPL video shows radar images of asteroid 1998 QE2, which recently passed near earth,\u00a0 and of the asteroid's moon rotating around the object: http:\/\/youtu.be\/EJR4ZUU9Hnc","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/EJR4ZUU9Hnc\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13060,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13060","url_meta":{"origin":2567,"position":2},"title":"Space mining CEO &#038; OSIRIS-REx scientist to host Google Hangout to talk about asteroids and Xtronaut game","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Chris Lewicki of the \u00a0asteroid mining company Planetary Resources\u00a0and Prof. Dante Lauretta of the University of Arizona and a scientist on the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission (see earlier posting) will host a Google Hangout at\u00a011:00\u00a0am\u00a0PT (2:00 pm ET, 6:00\u00a0pm\u00a0GMT) on Friday:\u00a0Chris Lewicki & Dante Lauretta talk about asteroids, launches, and Xtronaut:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asteroids &amp; Comets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Asteroids &amp; Comets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=75"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=as2&o=1&a=B016VA9F30","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2095,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2095","url_meta":{"origin":2567,"position":3},"title":"Planetary Societ Hangout: OSIRS-REx PI and asteroid name winner","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Planetary Society's weekly Hangout yesterday\u00a0 included Dante Lauretta, the principal investigator of NASA\u2019s OSIRIS-REx Mission , which will take off in 2016 on a mission to visit the near-Earth carbonaceous asteroid (101955) .\u00a0 The show also included Mike Puzio, age 9, of North Carolina who won the OSIRIS-REx Name\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Activism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/uUbQERmGK88\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1240,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1240","url_meta":{"origin":2567,"position":4},"title":"House hearing on the NEO threat + John S. 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