Huge asteroid heading towards Earth expected to pass-by a day after US elections

American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said that a refrigerator-sized rock may pass-by  Earth on vember 2, a day before United States presidential election. Tyson took to his official Instagram handle to inform about asteroid named 2018VP1, which is moving towards Earth at speed of over 25,000 miles per hour. Tyson, however, added that refrigerator-sized rock is t big eugh to cause any harm to our planet and jokingly added that "if world ends in 2020, it won't be fault of Universe."

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2018VP1

asteroid 2018VP1 is a near-Earth object that was discovered in vember 2018 when it last approached our planet. asteroid has a two-year orbital period meaning it was scheduled to approach earth again in vember this year. asteroid, which is approximately 7-feet in diameter is expected to explode in Earth's atmosphere and create a strewn field, where rock breaks up into fragments and pieces are shattered all across place above which it exploded. 

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When celebrity astrophysicist shared news on Instagram, netizens, as always, flooded comment section with amusing and hilarious messs. One individual jokingly wrote, "A fridge hurtling towards earth, wonder what’s for dinner." While ar user curiously asked, "Can it fall on Trump?" as US election is a day after asteroid is expected to enter Earth's atmosphere and Trump is running for second term. 

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