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

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[โ€“] Squizzy@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months 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.