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Looks like that ‘Election Day asteroid’ didn’t smack us after all – CNET
Chances were slim asteroid 2018 VP1 would turn into a shooting star.
Artist’s concept of a near-earth asteroid.
NASA/JPL-CalTech
Oreo stashed its cookies in an asteroid-proof doomsday vault for nothing.
There’s been much ado about tiny asteroid 2018 VP1 and how its path was going to bring it super close to Earth on Nov. 2, the day before the contentious US election. That timing earned it the not-quite-accurate nickname “Election Day asteroid.”
It appears the asteroid didn’t hang around long enough to leave a mark on the night sky. According to current data and observations,…
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