as an asteroid approaches earth it is slug around the planet off into a new path through solar system what might happen to the asteroid pick three

1. It spirals towards the sun
2. It keeps going past Pluto and out into space
3. It slows down significantly as it passes earth
4. It enters a highly elliptical orbit around earth
5.it enters an elliptical orbit around the sun
6. It enters an oddly shaped orbit about the sun

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From the given options, the three possible outcomes for the asteroid as it is slung around the planet off into a new path through the solar system are:

1. It keeps going past Pluto and out into space.
2. It enters an elliptical orbit around the sun.
3. It enters an oddly shaped orbit about the sun.