(meteorobs) Fwd: "Asteroid" Toutatis has formed a tail?!

[Lewis J. Gramer]

Some very interesting news for the meteor science world,
as well as planetary science in general...

Lew


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From: nhas
   Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 23:08:14 -0000
   From: John A Blackwell
Subject: Asteroid Toutatis


Asteroid Toutatis seems to have a tail forming! Neat!

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   Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 14:02:47 +0100
   From: Gianluca Masi <gianluca at bellatrixobservatory.org>
Subject: P2004 TU12: tail evolution

Dear All,
last night we observed again this object and now the tail is longer
and clearly faint than our first night. Again, the head still looks
stellar, at least at the 3" level.

The new image is visible here:

http://www.bellatrixobservatory.org/neo.html

I would like to suggest some follow-up, to see how this interesting
object will evolve.

Clear skies,
Gianluca Masi, Franco Mallia, Roger Wilcox


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John A. Blackwell - W1JAB, AAVSO: BKL
Northwood Ridge Observatory (MPC#225)
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