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Near Earth Miss

The orbit of asteroid 1998 QE2.
The orbit of asteroid 1998 QE2. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
I though this worthy of a mention due to the growing number of near earth misses. The number may be going up due to our ability to detect them but it is worrying all the same.
An Asteroid nearly 2 miles across flew passed the earth this week at a safe? distance of 3,600,00 miles. This is not the nearest miss but it is the largest asteroid to miss us. The asteroid is thought to be from the deep space.
More can be found on this story here
BBC Sky News  Universe Today  NASA
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