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<blockquote data-quote="lejizz" data-source="post: 43173" data-attributes="member: 178008"><p>There does'nt seem to be a link for this subject, so here goes..</p><p></p><p>Did you like Amrageddon, and Deep Impact?</p><p></p><p>There's been talk about sommat happening this year- read this;</p><p></p><p>Check this link for <strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Asteroid 4179 Toutatis (1989 AC)</span></strong> <a href="http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?name=4179" target="_blank">http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?name=4179</a></p><p></p><p>Check out the Asteriod position, and Earth's position for 29 september 2004!</p><p></p><p>[size=+1]"On September 29th this year a 3 mile long asteroid will make the closest predicted approach of any asteroid or comet to Earth during the next 30 years, say scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Near-Earth Orbiting Programme Office. They predict the asteroid will come within 963,000 miles of Earth..................a very near miss.[/size] [size=+1]Asteroid 4179 Toutatis was named after a Celtic/Gallic god whose name is often invoked in the well known comic book series "The Adventures of Asterix," set in ancient Gaul. Toutatis is the protector of Asterix and his compatriots, who fear nothing except that someday the sky may fall on their heads.[/size] [size=+1]It is one of the largest known "Potentially Hazardous Asteroids" (PHA) that approaches our planet on a Near Earth Orbit (NEO). Close encounters with Venus, Earth, Mars and Jupiter constantly alter the shape of the asteroid's path as it loops through the solar system every 3.98 years. On October 31st. 2000 the asteroid passed less than 29 lunar distances from Earth. The September 29th. fly-pass will come within four lunar distances of the Earth.[/size] [size=+1]Toutatis also has one of the strangest rotations yet observed in the solar system. Instead of the spinning about a single axis, as do the planets and the vast majority of asteroids, it "tumbles" somewhat like a rugby football when it bounces.[/size] worth thinking about huh?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lejizz, post: 43173, member: 178008"] There does'nt seem to be a link for this subject, so here goes.. Did you like Amrageddon, and Deep Impact? There's been talk about sommat happening this year- read this; Check this link for [b][size=5]Asteroid 4179 Toutatis (1989 AC)[/size][/b] [url="http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?name=4179"]http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?name=4179[/url] Check out the Asteriod position, and Earth's position for 29 september 2004! [size=+1]"On September 29th this year a 3 mile long asteroid will make the closest predicted approach of any asteroid or comet to Earth during the next 30 years, say scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Near-Earth Orbiting Programme Office. They predict the asteroid will come within 963,000 miles of Earth..................a very near miss.[/size] [size=+1]Asteroid 4179 Toutatis was named after a Celtic/Gallic god whose name is often invoked in the well known comic book series "The Adventures of Asterix," set in ancient Gaul. Toutatis is the protector of Asterix and his compatriots, who fear nothing except that someday the sky may fall on their heads.[/size] [size=+1]It is one of the largest known "Potentially Hazardous Asteroids" (PHA) that approaches our planet on a Near Earth Orbit (NEO). Close encounters with Venus, Earth, Mars and Jupiter constantly alter the shape of the asteroid's path as it loops through the solar system every 3.98 years. On October 31st. 2000 the asteroid passed less than 29 lunar distances from Earth. The September 29th. fly-pass will come within four lunar distances of the Earth.[/size] [size=+1]Toutatis also has one of the strangest rotations yet observed in the solar system. Instead of the spinning about a single axis, as do the planets and the vast majority of asteroids, it "tumbles" somewhat like a rugby football when it bounces.[/size] worth thinking about huh? [/QUOTE]
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