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Asteroid Fly-By Caught On Tape

Posted by timothy on from the like-paris-hilton dept.

starexplorer writes "SPACE.com is reporting that the Asteroid Toutatis flew over the neighborhood early this morning. The Asteroid is 2.9 miles long and 1.5 miles wide and was caught on video (Animated GIF here) by a team of educators. NASA also has a video capture." (This is the same asteroid recently promised.)

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  1. was I the only one... by nusratt · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... to skim the title and briefly wonder, "What's an asteroid fly?"

  2. Some video! by fm6 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where's the cool/ominious whooshing sound that all asteroids make???!!!

  3. Alternative for animation if /.ed.. by adeyadey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here is an ascii representation of the encounter..
    (Just scroll down & blink quickly)

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    o
    o
    O
    O - closest encounter
    O
    o
    o
    .

    --
    "You lied to me! There is a Swansea!"