An asteroid is probably not going to hit Earth on election day – despite what people are saying

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An asteroid is heading towards Earth ahead of election day – but is almost certain to skip actually paying a visit, let alone posing any danger.

 

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Shame!

too bad

It's 2020 if anything it's will be a Klingon battle ship with nuclear lasers,

Even the epic skies know Trump lies! America first? Trump needs to stop putting Americans in a damn hearse! In two weeks America will finally remove that turd on November 3rd!

Probably? This IS 2020 after all.

Pity.

LLLwry Which doesn’t mean there won’t be an impact that day.

Bummer. Just when things were starting to get interesting.

OldTakesExposed 🤔

Can we improve it's chances?

Well not one from space anyway.

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