I've been making a web gallery of Toutatis images at: http://public.fotki.com/nexstarman/4179_toutatis_-/ It's moving so fast, it's kind of like a satellite... Cheers (I'm heading out now to catch it for one more night) Eric Briggs -----Original Message----- From: Allen Thomson [mailto:thomsona@flash.net] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:17 PM To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org Subject: OT: Asteroid Toutatis pays a visit Perhaps something to look for while waiting for a satellite: Space Weather News for Sept. 23, 2004 http://spaceweather.com ASTEROID FLYBY: Asteroid 4179 Toutatis is flying past Earth this week. The weirdly tumbling space rock is close enough (4 lunar distances) and bright enough (9th magnitude) to see through backyard telescopes. For the next few days it will scoot through the constellation Capricornus where amateur astronomers worldwide can find it. By Sept. 29th, when Toutatis is closest to Earth, it will be visible mainly from the southern hemisphere. Observers there can see it passing not far from the bright star Alpha Centauri. Follow the links at spaceweather.com to sky maps and detailed ephemerides. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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