It is expected in the early hours of this Saturday Earth Gosmos 482 falls on planetLaunched to Venus by the extinct Soviet Union in 1972, it would resist the Earth’s atmosphere After a trip more than a century of measured. But … where does it fall?
In fact, it is not possible to be firm, because the location of the fall (if it happens) depends on many factors. However, as described in the portal AerospaceIs very normal Sea.
As is found on the map under these paragraphs, the potential fall area is very wide. Lines that cross the map indicate the potential zone that falls 482 to fall The red point located on the west coast of Australia Sign up where the satellite is expected to be fragmented.
According to the European Space Agency (ESA), the Kosmos 482 study can be reinstated This Saturday morning 8:37 (Spanish Peninsula Time), Although the edge of the error is too much/less than three hours and 20 minutes.
But still, there are many factors that affect the fall, ie, such as solar function, if the study is carried or parachute and not, if it takes it, It will open when you reach our planet.
In the statements collected CountryBenjaman Bastida Virjili, who works in the European Space Agency’s Space Water Supply Service, “Generally, A material in repetition is not like a meteorite. ”
“Objects stand almost completely in the fall of the earth because of the rubbing Falls like a stoneAbout 300 meters per second, “says Bastida.
Launched in 1972 to read Venus
In 1972, the ship was thrown by the Soviet Union to study Venus, but a breakdown in its rocket prevented it from escape from the land gravitational force. It is believed that a failure was caused to burn the machine, which It has not reached enough speed.
Since then, it has been trapped in an elliptical orbit and turned into space debris. Distinguishing it is not only its age, Its most resistant systemOur neighbors are designed to support the hell conditions of the planet. It raises a confusing possibility: it may escape from re -ederi and reach the surface.