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Talk about pareidolia...

A very small (1/2 mile diameter) asteroid shaped like a human skull is predicted to make a pass by Earth around Holloween of 2018.

But don't worry, it doesn't mean doom. It's shouldn't get closer than 100 Earth-Moon distances.

Back in 2015 it passed about 1 1/2 Earth-Moon distance away, which is when it was imaged.

https://www.space.com/39173-halloween-as...-2018.html

https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/20...84-16.html

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Pity. Too small to be Knowhere.