An outdated Soviet spaceship can crash in Arizona

Phoenix (Azfamilie) – If you have a look for the night sky and have the chance to see a piece of cold war history when it falls back on earth.

“If it happens over part of the earth when it is dark, they will see it. It would come down like a shooting star,” said Vishnu Reddy, professor of planetary science at the University of Arizona. “But whether we will see it in Arizona is unknown.”

The Soviet spaceship Kosmos 482, which was first introduced in the 1970s, is on a crash course with the earth. According to Reddy, it could happen pretty soon. “We look at a window that opens up at 3:00 p.m. (Friday), Arizona time, and it takes until 9:00 a.m. on Saturday,” he said.

Uofa follows various objects in space, from ruins to satellites. “We follow about 50,000 objects every evening,” said Reddy.

While he said that the earth deals with rubble that steps back into the atmosphere every day, most of them burn before they can fall into the floor or ocean. Cosmos, on the other hand, was not built like the other room objects produced by humans in the orbit. “This is a country that is supposed to land on Venus. Venus has a 100 -dinner atmosphere than ours. In other words, it was built to survive a hellish state,” said Reddy.

The Soviet Union launched Kosmos in Venus in March 1972, but it was stuck in the Earth Railway and has been on a crash course since then. Reddy said you shouldn't worry that it will hit you.

“The hope is that most of it burns down in the earth's atmosphere and then, even if something falls off, will fall into the ocean. And we can forget it,” said, “they have to be incredibly unhappy to be hit by this thing.”

Researchers will have a better crash window and a better place on Friday morning.

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