[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin.

Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) 285263 (1998 QE2) will pass 6.2 million kilometres from the Earth on Friday, May 31st at 20:59 Universal Time (UT) or 4:59PM EDT... Estimates of its size vary from 1.3 to 2.9 kilometres... [probably] 2.7 kilometres in diameter... starting tonight. The asteroid is currently at +12th magnitude in the constellation Centaurus and will be cruising through Hydra on its way north into Libra Friday on May 31st... it will never top +10th magnitude... threshold for binocular viewing under dark skies... best observed from northern latitudes of +35° southward.

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[bigheadfred]

Its perihelion exterior to our own makes it no threat to the Earth.