Experts have warned that a Russian spacecraft is sitting on the ground – and can create a greater risk than it seems.
The spacecraft, Kosmos 482, is set to be in the Earth’s atmosphere weekend. Experts have followed it closely to find out where and exactly when it falls to Earth, to some extent to protect people who can be below.
This can be especially important because the spacecraft is specifically built to withstand severe conditions. This means that – unlike other recent space junk and the many promotions that have fallen to the ground – can create it through the atmosphere and so on for anyone below.
Kosmos 482 is made for landing in Venus. It was launched in 1972, but one of its missiles was defective.
In the following years, it was floated around the Earth in the “out -of -center” orbit, which is due to hit our planet on the weekend.
Venus has a temperature of 477 degrees Celsius and pressure is more than 90 times that of our planet, so the spacecraft is specifically built to resist heat and severe pressure. Likewise, the spacecraft of approximately one meter and 500 kg is likely to fall to the ground without burning or separation.
Scientists expect this Saturday morning to enter a West Hemisphere. But the precise time and location is very difficult, so it can reach or after.
Predicting the spacecraft is not only difficult because of the complex KOSMOS 482, but because it is in the upper atmosphere, it can change dramatically and unpredictable due to the impact of the sun as well as from the earth.
“The chance that this reminder is in a populous area is very low, most likely it will fall into the ocean,” said Marsin Pilinski, a research scientist at Joey and Space Physics Laboratory at the University of Colorado Boulder.
“People who control the asteroids to see if they potentially affect Earth are actually easier. These objects are truly sloping angles. They do not cover part of the atmosphere days or weeks like this spacecraft.”
