{"id":2659,"date":"2013-06-07T06:04:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T06:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2659"},"modified":"2013-06-07T06:04:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T06:04:32","slug":"video-asteroid-1998-qe2-and-its-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2659","title":{"rendered":"Video: Asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This NASA JPL video shows radar images of asteroid <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%28285263%29_1998_QE2\" target=\"_blank\">1998 QE2<\/a>, which recently passed near earth,\u00a0 and of the asteroid&#8217;s moon rotating around the object:<\/p>\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\/EJR4ZUU9Hnc?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>This NASA JPL video shows radar images of asteroid 1998 QE2, which recently passed near earth,\u00a0 and of the asteroid&#8217;s moon rotating around the object:<\/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":[12,36,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-multiple-media","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-GT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2808,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2808","url_meta":{"origin":2659,"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":2567,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2567","url_meta":{"origin":2659,"position":1},"title":"Big asteroid passes by earth + White House Google Hangout asteroid discussion","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Asteroid 1998 QE2 passed earth yesterday and earthlings waved hello\/goodbye to it: Asteroid 1998 QE2 sails past Earth, leaving cosmic lessons behind - Cosmic Log. 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