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| | Space Environment News - Sustaining Our Environment Forum - GardenWeb |
 | | If an asteroid like Toutatis were to impact the earth, the resultant explosion will be equivalent to that of one million megatons of TNT. |
 | | Discovered in 1989 by Christian Pollas, Toutatis is known for its unusual behaviour, its undefined shape, spin and unfixed axis. |
 | | The peanut shell, double shaped asteroid will be visible from the Southern Hemisphere and South Indian states, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, southern African countries and South America. |
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