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| Asteroid 4179 Toutatis close, but no cigar. | |
| 2004-09-27 | |
The Sep. 29, 2004, approach is the closest in this century of any known asteroid at least as large as Toutatis (or more precisely, of any known asteroid with an absolute magnitude as small as H = 15.30) Dist KM 1,549,719; Miles 962,951.
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| Posted by:Memesis |
| #7 Was Asterix muslim too? |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-09-27 2:36:29 PM |
| #6 seems Asterix had reason, he was just afraid that sky could had fallen in his head.. |
| Posted by: Anonymous6361 2004-09-27 2:14:44 PM |
| #5 963000 Miles - which is 4x the orbit of the Moon... After two direct hits by Hurricane eyes, Palm Beach County will avoid this one. Isaac Isaac Newton and his laws of motion do not allow for orbital shifts like the odd path hurricane Jeanne. Path of Jeanne |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-09-27 12:40:52 PM |
| #4 Not to worry... the way this year is shaping up, it'll prolly hit Florida. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-09-27 10:35:37 AM |
| #3 I hope it doesn't have Lucas steering gear. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-27 10:24:36 AM |
| #2 Dunno - the girlfriend's been acting strange tho' |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-09-27 10:24:32 AM |
| #1 I wonder what the gravity impact of that will be. |
| Posted by: 2B 2004-09-27 9:53:32 AM |
