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Asteroid 4179 Toutatis 2012 Close Flyby

Asteroid 4179 Toutatis 2012 Close Flyby

Earth · Wednesday, December 12, 2012 from 12:00 AM to 11:30 PM

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4179 Toutatis/1989 AC is an Apollo, Alinda, and Mars-crosser asteroid making frequent close approaches to Earth, with a currently minimum possible distance (Earth MOID) of just 0.006 AU (2.3 times as far as the Moon). Given that Toutatis made many close approaches to Earth, such as in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012, it is listed as a potentially hazardous object. The likelihood of... [read more]
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