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Daniel walks in the studio.

Daniel is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and wears glasses, jeans, and a burgundy TVO Kids sweatshirt.

He says HELLO, AND WELCOME
TO
TVOK NEWS.
I'M YOUR NEWS ANCHOR, DANIEL,
AND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
(GASPING)
IT'S A BIRD!
NO, IT'S A PLANE!
NO, IT'S THE HALLOWEEN
ASTEROID.
(WOMAN SCREAMING)

A picture of an asteroid in the shape of a skull appears on a screen behind him.

He says AND IT'S BACK!
YES, MEASURING ABOUT
700 METRES WIDE,
THIS ARTIST IMPRESSION
OF THE HALLOWEEN ASTEROID
ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE A SKULL.
AND IT'S THE SECOND TIME
THIS ROCK HAS COME
TO PAY US A LITTLE VISIT.
OOH, YES.
ON OCTOBER 31ST, 2015,
THE HALLOWEEN ASTEROID,
PICTURED HERE,
CAME PRETTY CLOSE TO EARTH.
LIKE, REALLY CLOSE.
LIKE, REALLY, REALLY,
REALLY CLOSE.
LIKE, ONLY 486 THOUSAND
KILOMETRES AWAY.
ONLY SLIGHTLY FURTHER
THAN THE MOON.
I'M SORRY, THAT'S A LITTLE
TOO CLOSE, DON'T YOU THINK?
NOW, THIS DEAD ROCK
HAS AN ORBITAL PERIOD
OF 1,112 DAYS.
WHICH MEANS THAT IT DOES A FLYBY
APPROXIMATELY EVERY THREE YEARS,
AND THIS YEAR'S FLYBY WILL BE
A FEW WEEKS INTO NOVEMBER.
NOW, WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY,
BECAUSE THIS YEAR'S FLYBY--
BECAUSE THE ASTEROID WILL BE
MUCH FARTHER AWAY.
LIKE, 39 MILLION KILOMETRES
AWAY.
AND IT WILL BE AT LEAST ANOTHER
500 YEARS BEFORE THIS ROCK
IS AS NEAR AS THE ONE
BACK IN 2015.
PHEW.
JUST THE THOUGHT OF THE CREEPY
SKULL ROCK FLOATING AROUND
IN SPACE IS STILL GIVING ME
THE HEEBIE-JEEBIES.
MORE HALLOWEEN
TVOK NEWS
COMING UP NEXT.
SCARY.

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