when will asteroid QE 2 come round again?

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See http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1998%20QE2;orb=0;cov=0;log=0;cad=1#cad

Next close-ish Earth approach is on 16 May 2119 (0.0876 AU, 13 million km)

List of planetary approaches between 1900 and 2200
Date/Time (TDB) Time Uncertainty (days_HH:MM) Body Nominal Distance (AU)
1905-Aug-24 01:14 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.24389082948909
1911-Apr-09 07:21 < 00:01 Earth 0.381584181025876
1917-Feb-25 15:47 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.73865059705261
1926-Jul-09 08:58 < 00:01 Earth 0.478540138424411
1960-Apr-03 21:30 < 00:01 Earth 0.378633184723823
1975-Jun-08 01:24 < 00:01 Earth 0.0884350374913814
1977-Apr-05 05:07 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.69739135542541
1988-Oct-01 08:08 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.23223597340764
1994-Jun-28 00:01 < 00:01 Earth 0.347600636761085
2000-Apr-09 13:43 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.63387192647539
2013-May-31 20:59 < 00:01 Earth 0.0391738834645062
2028-Jul-12 08:55 < 00:01 Earth 0.490264335306524
2047-Apr-04 13:04 < 00:01 Earth 0.414664147578965
2060-Jun-22 00:30 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.99995202189351
2062-Jun-30 18:42 < 00:01 Earth 0.374853448325361
2071-Dec-16 02:36 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.30855639720511
2083-Jul-02 10:40 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.33587907384543
2085-Apr-30 05:29 < 00:01 Earth 0.213970915991983
2119-May-16 17:16 00:01 Earth 0.0875799088244133
2134-Jun-22 18:27 < 00:01 Earth 0.208055072385595
2153-Apr-12 05:01 < 00:01 Earth 0.406650263640736
2155-Mar-11 06:41 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.54236489192928
2166-Sep-11 05:04 00:01 Jupiter 1.23598656262578
2172-May-23 15:50 00:02 Earth 0.0711655549051909
2178-Mar-16 09:40 00:02 Jupiter 1.78291768697415...Show more

I think they mentioned on Slooh.com it won't come round again for another 200 years or so....Show more

Not for least 200 years.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/10064553/Asteroid-nine-times-the-size-of-the-QE2-to-pass-Earth.html...Show more