Asteroid Toutatis Flyby

The 3-mile wide asteroid 4179 Toutatis (pictured in a computer generated image) is making a flyby past Earth tonight. At a distance of 4.3 million miles it doesn't pose any impact threat, but it's close enough to be seen by high-end telescopes. For more, including live video footage from the Slooh Space Camera, go here.

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