print email comment close Asteroid 4179 Toutatis URL: http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/4179_Toutatis/toutatis.html Description: Background information, images, and data on the asteroid whose September 29, 2004, approach to Earth "is the closest in this century of any known asteroid at least as large as Toutatis." Provides radar images and an animation of a model of the asteroid's rotation. Also includes a link to a list of other close approaches of objects to Earth. From the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the California Institute of Technology. Author: Ostro, Steven J. Publisher: California Institute of Technology Extra Keywords 1989 AC NASA Library of Congress Subject Headings: Asteroids Near-earth asteroids LII Database Information: Record 3629 created by Jennifer English on 09/28/2004 Last modification on 07/20/2006 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 03/30/2008 Charlotte Bagby on 12/29/2006 Charlotte Bagby on 08/24/2006 Published: 09/28/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/3629