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Showing posts with label Chang'e-2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chang'e-2. Show all posts

Sunday, December 16, 2012

China's space probe flew close to the asteroid Tutatis


Chinese space probe 'Chang'e-2 "safely conducted planned military exercises, including it flew very close to the asteroid Tutatis who is currently at about 7 million kilometers from Earth.

During his travels in deep space, "Chang'e-2" circled the asteroid December 13, 2012 at 16:30:09 Beijing time. This flight was the closest by an asteroid Tutatis flight, which was named after the Celtic god.