{"id":2808,"date":"2013-06-15T15:42:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T15:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2808"},"modified":"2013-06-15T15:43:41","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T15:43:41","slug":"arecibo-takes-radar-snapshots-of-asteroid-1998-qe2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2808","title":{"rendered":"Arecibo takes radar snapshots of asteroid 1998 QE2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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: <a href=\"http:\/\/cosmiclog.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/06\/15\/18966897-asteroid-1998-qe2-gets-a-close-look-from-the-worlds-widest-radio-dish\" target=\"_d\">Asteroid 1998 QE2 gets a close look from the world&#8217;s widest radio dish &#8211; Cosmic Log<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More at<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usra.edu\/news\/pr\/2013\/arecibo_radar\/\" target=\"_d\">Arecibo Observatory Finds Asteroid 2012 LZ1 To Be Twice As Big As First Believed &#8211; USRA <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naic.edu\/%7Epradar\/1998QE2\/\" target=\"_d\">Asteroid 1998 QE2 and Moon Safely Pass Earth &#8211; Arecibo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Arecibo-QE2Asteroid-June07.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2809\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=2809\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Arecibo-QE2Asteroid-June07.gif\" data-orig-size=\"601,501\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Arecibo-QE2Asteroid-June07\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Arecibo-QE2Asteroid-June07.gif\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2809\" alt=\"Arecibo-QE2Asteroid-June07\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Arecibo-QE2Asteroid-June07.gif\" width=\"433\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s widest radio dish &#8211; Cosmic Log More at Arecibo Observatory Finds Asteroid 2012 LZ1 To Be Twice As &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2808\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Arecibo takes radar snapshots of asteroid 1998 QE2<\/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":[75,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asteroids","category-multiple-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-Ji","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2659,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2659","url_meta":{"origin":2808,"position":0},"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":16381,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16381","url_meta":{"origin":2808,"position":1},"title":"Video: Rare double asteroid observed by three radio telescopes","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA JPL spots a pair of near-earth asteroids of similar mass orbiting one another: Observatories Team Up to Reveal Rare Double Asteroid\u00a0 New observations by three of the world's largest radio telescopes have revealed that an asteroid discovered last year is actually two objects, each about 3,000 feet (900 meters)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asteroids &amp; 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