Satellite weighing as much as adult rhino to crash through Earth's atmosphere today (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

43 comments fedilink hide all child comments

A satellite will likely make an uncontrolled return through Earth's atmosphere today, according to the latest estimates from the European Space Agency.

It says ERS-2, which weighs about as much as an adult male rhinoceros, is expected to re-enter at about 11:32 a.m. EST — plus or minus 4.6 hours. The agency can't predict exactly when and where the satellite will re-enter because its return is "natural."

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I was just thinking when I fo to the zoo they have posters saying how much a rhino weighs because how would anyone intuitively know that.

It's so stupid and also, is gat big for a satellite? I don't know.