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BIG ASTEROID FLYBY:Ok this explains some things look at dates and the fireballs this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 5366990:MV8yMDc0NzM1XzM0OTI3OTU3X0M1QzVERUVC] No it was a lost comet, blue-ish in color. Look it up. [/quote]
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Large near-Earth asteroid 4179 Toutatis is flying past Earth this week. At closest approach on Dec. 12th, it will be 7 million km away, or 18 times farther than the Moon. Astronomers are taking advantage of the flyby to learn more about the asteroid's orbit, shape, and topography. Here are a few shadowy images of the asteroid illuminated by NASA's Goldstone radar in the Mojave
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