Dec. 12, 2012: This week, NASA's Goldstone radar is tracking a large asteroid as it passes by Earth, and obtaining unusually clear images of the tumbling space rock. "There is no danger of a collision with Earth," says Lance Benner of NASA's Near Earth Object Program. "At closest approach on Dec. 12th, asteroid 4179 Toutatis will be 7 million km away or 18 times farther than the Moon."
A sampling of Goldstone radar images obtained during the asteroid Toutatis's Dec. 2012 flyby.
A sampling of Goldstone radar images obtained during the asteroid Toutatis's Dec. 2012 flyby.
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