JoinScope on the Skies: September in the skies
Although there weren't any visible planets at the beginning of the September 2004 school year, there were plenty of other celestial thrills to make up for it. These include the strangely shaped asteroid Toutatis that tumbled past the Earth, coming within 1,609,344 kilometers of our planet. Also noteworthy were the activities related to the exploration of our solar system such as the Genesis spacecraft that made it's way home. Read about these fascinating events in this issue of Scope on the Skies.