http://www.sltrib.com/feeds/topics/ASTEROID News from The Salt Lake Tribune en-us webmaster@sltrib.com (Webmaster) http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/56328091-68/asteroid-close-radar-space.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/56328091-68/asteroid-close-radar-space.html.csp">Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/UTSAC/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56328091#2013-05-17T15:33:02.958-06:00/MAI/sltrib56328091#2013-05-17T15:33:02.958-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By Deborah Netburn</span></span> <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn"> The Los Angeles Times</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-05-17T15:33:02.958-06:00">Updated May 17, 2013 03:33PM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">Los Angeles • It’s 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted Earth it would probably result in global extinction. Good thing it is just making a flyby. Asteroid 1998 QE2 will make its closest pass to Earth on May 31 at 1:59 p.m. PDT. Scientists are not sure where this unusually large space rock, which was discovered 15 years ago, originated. But the mysterious sooty substance on its surface could indicate it...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="http://www.sltrib.com/pages/privacy"> Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56328091@www.sltrib.com Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:02 MDT