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Post by indophile Thu Nov 07, 2013 4:20 pm

In the next few days some European satellite is going to crash to earth. Largest piece to hit Earth's syrface is estimated to be about 200 lb. Nobody knows when and where. Where do you wish it should hit? LeT headquarters in Lahore? Hijb-ul-Mujahadeen Hq in Ocuupied Kashmir? Pakistani Taliban outfits in Quetta or Wazirstan? or any other place?

  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/science/space/satellite-will-fall-to-earth-but-no-ones-sure-where.html?_r=1&

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Post by Seva Lamberdar Fri Nov 08, 2013 10:16 am

<"The chances that a chunk of GOCE or any other space debris will injure anyone are tiny, but not zero. Dr. Floberghagen said the debris will endanger about 15 to 20 square yards of the Earth’s surface. “If you compare that to the surface of the planet, it’s a very small number,” he said. >

>>> Considering Earth's radius is about 4,000 miles (1 mile =1760 yards), the highest probability of anyone getting hit on Earth by the satellite debris seems to be quite low,

p = 20 / (4 * pi * 4000 * 4000 * 1760 * 1760)
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