Looking up - 28 Aug 2020

Published: Aug. 28, 2020, 3:10 p.m.

On the day before the US election due to be held on 3 November, an asteroid could hit the Earth. This asteroid has a name, and a known trajectory. What are the odds? And what do these odds mean?

Onto lighter topics: your local astronomy society is holding great talks that the public can attend on Zoom. Look out for them on https://www.facebook.com/capecentre/ and there is also a youtube channel also called Cape Centre of ASSA.