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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 — 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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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (7 children)

What's that in bananas? 🍌

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

About 12:30 PM

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

At least 1

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

This is factually correct

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Bananas are for scale, not mass. Gah! (lol)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Threeve

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Potassium, fiber, and banana flavoring.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Cavendish or Gros Michel?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Enough to be fairly radioactive.