Observing the re-entry of space debris WT1190F - Peter Jenniskens (SETI ...
Observing the re-entry of space debris WT1190F - Peter Jenniskens (SETI ...
Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 12 Φεβ 2016
Dr. Jenniskens will describe the airborne observations he took part in of the re-entry of space debris on Nov 13, 2015.
The
International Astronomical Center (IAC) and the United Arab Emirates
Space Agency recently hosted a team of veteran U.S. and German observers
of spacecraft re-entries, including SETI Institute research scientist
Peter Jenniskens, to study the predicted re-entry of an approximately
1-meter piece of space debris near Sri Lanka on November 13, 2015.
"What
makes the return of this man-made object so special," says IAC director
Mohammad Odeh, "is that it moves on a very elongated orbit, returning
to Earth only once every 23 days. When WT1190F, as it is called, finally
hits the Earth's atmosphere, it comes in steeper and faster than
normal."
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