16 December 2012

Rolling Stone- Asteroid Toutatis Has Tumbled On By

Rolling Stone-
Asteroid Toutatis Has Tumbled On By
Images of  asteroid Toutatis take by the Chinese Chang`e Probe
(click on image to enlarge) 

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Goldstone's Solar System Radar/ NASA/JPL/CalTech
Chines Prode Chang-E 2 Captures Clear Close-up Photos
New milestone for China: Probe snaps close-ups of asteroid Toutatis
China's official news agency is reporting that the country's Chang'e 2 deep-space probe made an amazing flyby of the asteroid Toutatis this week, snapping a series of pictures as it passed by at a distance of just 2 miles.  ... (more)

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