Editing 4179 Toutatis (section)

== Exploration ==
[[File:Asteroid 4179 Toutatis.jpg|thumb|alt=Images of Toutatis taken by Chang'e 2 probe|Images of Toutatis taken by [[Chang'e 2]] probe]]

The Chinese lunar probe [[Chang'e 2]] departed from the Sun–Earth L2 point in April 2012<ref name="Lakdawalla" /> and made a flyby of Toutatis on 13 December 2012, with closest approach being 3.2&nbsp;kilometers and a relative velocity of 10.73&nbsp;km/s, when Toutatis was near its closest approach to Earth.<ref name="Lakdawalla20121214" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.projectpluto.com/pluto/mpecs/cheprob3.htm |title="Pseudo-MPEC" for 2010-050A = SM999CF = Chang'e 2 probe |access-date=2012-11-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cntv.cn/china/20121215/100850.shtml |title=[视频&#93;"嫦娥二号"飞越探测小行星_新闻台_中国网络电视台 |publisher=News.cntv.cn |access-date=2014-06-25}}</ref> It took several pictures of the asteroid, revealing it to be a dusty red/orange color.