celtic_'god_of_war'_closest_pass_since_1353 27 Sep 2004 What's_the_'point'? Asteroid Toutatis Makes Closest Pass in 651 Years 3:13 PM ET 040927 ... mp21k WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An asteroid named for a Celtic god of war will come as close to Earth this week as it has since 1353. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&ncid=570&e=5&u=/nm/20040927/sc_nm/space_asteroid_dc_2 040927 ... . The space rock known as Toutatis will come on Wednesday within 960,000 miles of Earth, relatively close by cosmic standards, 040927 ... Yahoo! Search Asteroid 4179 Toutatis. Asteroid 4179 Toutatis (formerly 1989 AC) was discovered by C. echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/4179_Toutatis/toutatis.html - 24k - Cached - More pages from this site Asteroid Toutatis In 1989, Toutatis was discovered by French astronomers and named after a Celtic god that was the protector of the tribe in ancient Gaul. Its eccentric, four-year orbit extends from just inside Earth's orbit to the main asteroid belt. ... of Toutatis. This image shows four frames of asteroid Toutatis that were obtained on December 8 ... www.solarviews.com/eng/toutatis.htm - 15k - Cached - More pages from this site Images Of Asteroid 4179 Toutatis IMAGES OF ASTEROID 4179 Toutatis. Don Savage Headquarters, Washington, DC November 27, 1996 (Phone: 202/358-1547) Jane Platt Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (Phone: 818/354-5011) RELEASE: 96-249 ... at the topsy-turvy rotation of the intriguing asteroid Toutatis, which is due to pass near Earth on ... after a Celtic god, the asteroid Toutatis has dimensions of 2.9 by ... neo.jpl.nasa.gov/images/toutatis.html - 18k - Cached - More pages from this site 040927 ... 929 SpaceRef - 6 hours ago http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=14074 Asteroid (4179) Toutatis to Pass Closely By Earth on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 040927 ... . Asteroid Close Encounter Coming Wednesday http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/09/0924_040924_asteroid_toutatis.html The 3-mile-long (4.8-kilometer-long) peanut-shaped asteroid 4179 Toutatis will come within a million miles of Earth on Wednesday. The approach is the century's closest for any asteroid of similar or greater size. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/09/images/040924_asteroid_toutatis.jpg 040927 ... 72_day Massive_storm_and_major_earthquake_rock_America 040928 ... CALIFORNIA Magnitude 6.0 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 17:15:24 UTC 040928 ... 73_day September 29, 2004 040928 ... 1). A Celtic "God_of_War" closest pass since 1353 040928 ... 929 In this Astronomy Magazine handout graphic, as Asteroid Toutatis heads toward perihelion, or its closest point to the Sun, it makes a close pass by Earth on http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040927/ids_photos_ts/r864885789.jpg September 29, 2004 040929 what's it to you? who go blather from