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Yes, There’s an Asteroid Coming for Earth Right Before Election Day – Yahoo Lifestyle
But there’s a very, very small chance it will actually enter our atmosphere.
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From Good Housekeeping
- A car-sized asteroid called 2018 VP1 will swing past Earth on November 2, the day before Election Day 2020.
- Fortunately, 2018 VP1 has a 0.41 percent chance of entering Earth’s atmosphere. It would likely burn up anyway.
- Researchers discovered the asteroid in 2018 using telescopes at the Zwicky Transient Facility in California.
An asteroid called 2018 VP1 is scheduled to zip past Earth on November…
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