NASA: A truck-sized asteroid is headed toward Earth one day before the November election
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An asteroid has a slim chance of entering the Earth's atmosphere on November
That's one day before the US election.Due to its small size, the asteroid, dubbed "2018VP1," would burn off while hurtling towards the planet.
An asteroid has a slim chance of entering the Earth's atmosphere November 2, or one day before the US election, according to NASA.
Named "2018VP1," the asteroid is pretty tiny, with an estimated diameter of 1.8 to 3.9 meters, NASA data show.
It's only 0.41% likely to actually impact the Earth, but celestial objects that size tend to burn up in the atmosphere anyway, NASA told Business Insider.
"Asteroid 2018VP1 is very small, approximately 6.5 feet, and poses no threat to Earth," a spokesperson for NASA told Business In...