As if we haven’t already experienced enough in 2020, NASA says there is an asteroid headed our way.
The celestial object known as 2018VP1 is projected to come close to Earth on November 2, just one day before the election, according to Center for Near-Earth Objects at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CNN reports.
“Asteroid 2018VP1 is very small, approximately 6.5 feet, and poses no threat to Earth. If it were to enter our planet’s atmosphere, it would disintegrate due to its extremely small size,” NASA said in a statement. “NASA has been directed by Congress to discover 90% of the near-Earth asteroids larger than 140 meters (459 feet) in size and reports on asteroids of any size.”
The object was first identified in 2018, and it has been determined to be relatively harmless if it does make an impact with Earth. There is only a slight chance of it even hitting the Earth, about 0.41%, according to data.
