Big Asteroid Tumbles Harmlessly Past Earth

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 05:10 in Astronomy & Space

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.

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