[meteorite-list] Asteroid Flyby Tonight: How To Watch 4179 Toutatis Pass Earth

[Don Merchant]

Discovered in 1989, asteroid 4179 Toutatis is classed as a Potentially 
Hazardous Asteroid. On this approach to Earth, Toutatis will pass within 4.3 
million miles - that's very close in astronomical terms for an object that 
is 3.4 miles in diameter!


Hi List. For those interested there will be a large asteroid (4179 Toutatis) 
that will make a close flyby of Earth over the next few days. Here is a link 
so you can read the details:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/asteroid-flyby-tonight-toutatis_n_2278457.html

Here is the link so you can watch via webcast Toutatis views from a scope in 
the Canary Islands off the west coast of Africa beginning at 3 p.m. EST 
(2000 GMT) today (Dec. 11). Another show will follow at 10 p.m. EST tonight 
(0300 GMT Wednesday), with footage from an instrument in Arizona:
http://www.slooh.com

Sincerely
Don Merchant
Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
www.ctreasurescwonders.com
IMCA #0960