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Boo- Earth to get visit from death skull comet
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A skull-like asteroid that passed Earth in October 2015 is coming back for another visit in early November. Officially named 2015 TB145, the asteroid has been called The Great Pumpkin by NASA because of its Halloween flyby three years ago.
2015 TB145 has also been described as a “death comet” because it’s believed to be a dead comet and because of its skull shape, which was picked up on radar images from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/skull-asteroid-death-comet-halloween_us_5bac637be4b082030e782564
If it comes a knockin' at my door, I'll give it all the candy it wants