Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Big Asteroid Tumbles Harmlessly Past Earth


Source - NASA Science News for Dec. 12, 2012:

Asteroid 4179 Toutatis is tumbling past Earth this week. Astronomers are taking advantage of the flyby to ping the space rock using NASA radars and obtain images of unprecedented clarity.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/12dec_toutatis/

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