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

submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave to c/science

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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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[–] RedditWanderer 93 points 11 months ago (17 children)

Anything but metric

[–] CAVOK 26 points 11 months ago (14 children)

What's this weird obsession with measuring everything in anything but metric? How am I supposed to know how much a rhino weighs?

Had they said 1500 - 2500kg it would have been clear as day.

But on a positive note I now know how much a rhino weighs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't know, how the hell am I supposed to know how many rhino's 1500kg is?

[–] CAVOK 2 points 11 months ago

One adult female rhino.

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