Space Weather News for Sept. 23, 2004
http://spaceweather.comASTEROID 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.
It's the Armagadon asteroid. Quick! E-mail this to all your fundie family members. Tell them to forget about voting for Bush and start getting ready. They're going to be RAPTURED. Jeebus is coming Jeebus is coming...
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