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Asteroid Toutatis passes close to Earth

By Thomas Posted 13 Dec 2012 — 0 Comment ↓
Goldstone radar image obtained during the asteroid Toutatis's Dec. 2012 flyby (NASA) (thumb)

This week, NASA’s Goldstone radar is tracking a large asteroid as it passes by Earth, and obtaining unusually clear images of the tumbling space rock. “There is no danger of a collision with Earth,” says Lance Benner of NASA’s Near Continue reading →

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