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Yes, There's an Asteroid Coming for Earth Right Before Election Day
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Yes, There's an Asteroid Coming for Earth Right Before Election Day

Spoiler: You'll still be able to vote on November 3.

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A car-sized asteroid called 2018 VP1 will swing past Earth on November 2, the day before Election Day 2020.

Fortunately, as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson points out, 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.

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Over the weekend, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson once again dredged up the news of an asteroid called 2018 VP1, which is scheduled to zip past Earth on November 2. Yes, that's just one day before Americans will cast their vote for the next President of the United States.