Toutatis: Almost Too Close for Comfort
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The asteroid Toutatis last flew close by Earth in 1992 and 1996, but it has not come as close to us as it will this year since 1353. On Wednesday morning, scientists and skywatchers alike will be able to witness its passage within only four Earth-moon distances.
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By Jordan Robertson< Associated Press
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Toutatis, a mountain-sized asteroid, will today come the closest to the Earth since at least the 12th century, giving scientists an opportunity to gather data about it, NASA said on its Web site.
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Iâm a 46-year-old software engineer and manager who has traveled to five continents for both business and pleasure. My hobby is nature and wildlife photography. So I have taken trips to exotic places like Tanzania for a safari and Cambodia to visit the Prek Toal nature reserve on the Tonle Sapp.
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A mountain-sized asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth at 9:35 am EDT (7.05 pm IST) tomorrow, reports NASA. Although asteroid 4179 Toutatis will come no closer than four times the distance between
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The bigger they are, the harder they could fall.
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The giant potato-shaped asteroid 4179 Toutatis zoomed past earth just after 8:30 am Wednesday afternoon in the closest approach of any known asteroid of comparable size this century.
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Humankind&#39;s inexorable spread across the globe may have had an unwelcome side-effect - it brought us face to face with our ancient hominid relatives just long enough to catch their head lice.
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After he sat out spring drills nursing a pinched nerve in his neck and left shoulder, Brian Toal was eager to get going again. And, in last night's 34-21 season-opening victory at Central Michigan, Toal did precisely that as his return loomed large for the Eagles.
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Trying to avoid vertigo, falls and other hazards of lost equilibrium.
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The odds aren't as long as you might think.
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Today's close passage of the relatively large asteroid, Toutatis, has presented astronomers with a new ruler to measure solar system distances. By using two telescopes separated by hundreds of miles, the classic parallax method validates the asteroid's orbital path...
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This is a mirage or a sight to behold. This is something you can&#39;t trust with your own eyes, or maybe what you&#39;re watching is real.
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