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Refrigerator-Sized Asteroid To Zoom Past Earth Just Before Election Day

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – An asteroid is set to scream past Earth just before Election Day.

But don't worry, the refrigerator-sized space rock isn't big enough to do any damage.

NASA previously said there's only a 0.41% chance it will enter our atmosphere.

And even if it did, it would disintegrate because it's so small.

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Asteroid 2018 VP1, as it is called, was discovered in 2018.

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