“Asteroid 2018VP1, a space rock the size of a refrigerator, rushes towards us at a speed of over 25 thousand miles per hour (40.2 thousand km / h -

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It could touch the Earth on November 2, the day before the presidential election, ”he wrote on Instagram.

At the same time, the scientist added that the asteroid is not so large and does not pose a great danger.

“So if the end of the world comes in 2020, it will not be the fault of the universe,” he said.

In late August, NASA reported that a large asteroid would fly near Earth on September 1.