Alert - Incoming Space Junk!
On 13 November, a piece of space debris will crash into Earth. The mysterious man-made object, which experts believe is the remnants of one of the Apollo missions, will hurtle into the Indian Ocean about 65km off the southern tip of Sri Lanka at 6.15am local time.
What do we know about it?
The object, dubbed WT1190F ( scientists can be funny and historical sometimes! ), is only a couple feet in diameter and not very dense. That means it’s probably man-made — likely a leftover piece of a rocket that remained in space instead of falling back down to Earth.
Light object in the center is WT1190F as observed by the University of Hawaii 2.2-meter telescope.
Yes and No! The ESA announced that object poses very little risk to anyone on the ground. Most, if not all, of it will disintegrate as it passes through our atmosphere. If anything’s left of the object, it will harmlessly fall into the Indian Ocean about 60 miles off the Sri Lankan coast.
But, To behold the reentry would definitely be a treat.
Why is this exciting news?
Scientists have data only about a few pieces of man-made debris in space and none of them are supposed to return to earth anytime soon.
But this space debris will give them an opportunity to collect data and study how space objects fall back down to our planet for the first time.
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PC: msichicago, ESA , photobucket, space.com
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