What We Know About the ‘Election Day’ Asteroid Heading Near Earth

The object has a .04 percent chance of hitting Earth, would disintegrate if it reaches atmosphere

An artist's work shows an asteroid near Earth. NASA

NASA on Saturday said that a small asteroid is headed toward Earth one day before Election Day in November, although the object has around a 0.40 percent chance of actually hitting the planet.

If the object entered Earth’s atmosphere, it would disintegrate due to its “extremely small size,” a NASA spokesperson said over the weekend.