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Is there an asteroid headed toward Earth? Teens from India discovered one – Deseret News

The asteroid is currently near Mars and won’t be near Earth for 1 million years.

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Two teenagers in India discovered an asteroid near Mars that is currently on its way toward Earth, according to multiple reports.
Vaidehi Vekariya and Radhika Lakhani, who are both 14, took part in a program with Space India and NASA, which allowed them to view images through a telescope in Hawaii. They used special software to look at images snapped by the telescope.
Thats when they made a discovery an asteroid, named HLV2514, hanging out near Mars and slowly shifting its orbit toward Earth.

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