It was with great interest I read Joe Hoyle's post on the approaching asteroid, which led me to check out Gina McCray's link from the previous day.
Just to add a correction:
Due to the scale of the java applet picture, the asteroid 4179 Toutatis appears to have its orbit distorted in terms of how close it is to planet Earth, and on which date.
If you check the pictures I have included below, you will see that it's closest approach to Earth will be on September 30th, 2004 -- which is the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles.
With a good sky map, a pair of 10 x 50 binoculars, the asteroid should be viewable. Although don't expect to see much - it will only appear as a slowly moving dot against the more distant background stars.
Note: 1 AU = 93 million miles (approx.)
September 23, 2004 -- 0.0426 AU = 3,961,800 miles
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September 29, 2004 -- 0.0109 AU = 1,013,700 miles
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September 30, 2004 (Feast of Tabernacles) -- 0.0108 AU = 1,004,400 miles
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October 1, 2004 -- 0.014 AU = 1,302,000 miles
...See ya in the air,
Eric