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Neil deGrasse Tyson warns asteroid could hit Earth day before election |
2020-10-19 |
[NYPOST] An asteroid with a diameter the size of a refrigerator could strike the Earth the day before the November election, according to celebrity scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson — but it’s not large enough to do any serious damage.The famed astrophysicist said the space rock, known as 2018VP1, is hurtling towards Earth at a speed of 25,000 miles per hour and may clip the planet on Nov. 2. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "It may buzz-cut Earth on Nov. 2, the day before the Presidential Election," he wrote on Instagram. But he added that the flying object is nothing to lose sleep over since "it’s not big enough to cause harm." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "So if the World ends in 2020, it won’t be the fault of the Universe," he said. NASA had previously identified the asteroid rocketing toward Earth, but put its chances of actually striking at less than 1 percent. "It currently has a 0.41% chance of entering our planet’s atmosphere, but if it did, it would disintegrate due to its extremely small size," the space agency said. |
Posted by:Fred |
#11 Wait a minute, folks. This could be really big! What if it's a |
Posted by: Neil the Totally Not Angry at All6006 2020-10-19 16:52 |
#10 Send money. |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-10-19 13:39 |
#9 Miniature not-so-Hyper-stellar mass 'NGT-Zero' causes earth impact. |
Posted by: magpie 2020-10-19 11:17 |
#8 ^ I saw Rothlisberger on TV yesterday. |
Posted by: Frank G 2020-10-19 10:23 |
#7 Big Ben-sized asteroid to fly past Earth this week |
Posted by: Skidmark 2020-10-19 10:20 |
#6 To small to do anything, may even miss the Earth. Talk about a nothing story. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2020-10-19 09:26 |
#5 Tyson attended the Barack Obama School for Getting Ahead Solely Because of Your Skin Color |
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2020-10-19 07:51 |
#4 "Look, I'm relevant" |
Posted by: Neil The Grass Tyson Chicken 2020-10-19 06:53 |
#3 Not the Bee? |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-19 05:38 |
#2 Asteroid could strike Earth day prior to election: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson |
Posted by: Skidmark 2020-10-19 00:56 |
#1 2018VP1 |
Posted by: Skidmark 2020-10-19 00:49 |