NYT reported on a 499 kg piece of space debris falling on a village in Kenya
A piece of space debris weighing 499 kilograms fell on the village of Mukuku in Kenya. The New York Times reported on January 2.
"A glowing metal ring, more than eight feet in diameter and weighing more than (2.5 m) 1,100 pounds (499 kg), fell from the sky and landed in a remote village in Kenya," the publication said.
It is specified that no one was injured as a result of the fall of the celestial body. Presumably, the object may be part of a launch vehicle. It is noted that this case is "isolated", because such parts of spacecraft usually burn up in the atmosphere or fall into the ocean.
Earlier, December 27, Professor of the University of Arizona(USA) Vishnu Reddy said that scientists are afraid of disaster because of space debris in Earth's orbit. According to him, the fears are caused by the Kessler syndrome scenario, in which debris in space triggers a chain reaction: one explosion throws out a plume of fragments, which, in turn, crash into other space objects, creating even more debris.
Before that, on October 22, in "Roscosmos" told about the danger of debris from the destroyed satellite Intelsat-33e. Scientists have analyzed the trajectory of the fragments and found that the destruction of the satellite had a "one-stage and high-energy character". Now astronomers are looking for other objects of "space debris", which will later be included in the calculations of dangerous approaches.
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