Asteroid 2018 VP₁ may be heading for Earth. But there's no need to worry
- Written by Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
Asteroid 2018 VP1 itself is too small and far away to see clearly, so here's an artist's impression of a near-Earth object.NASA / JPL-CaltechSocial media around the world lit up over the weekend, discussing the possibility that an asteroid (known as 2018 VP₁) could crash into Earth on November 2.
It seemed only fitting. What better way to...
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