Satellite deorbiting

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

(I did start a v. similar thread but as this is going to be interesting for a few days (and I'm being ignored in chat) I'm duplicating )

UARS is deorbiting

tracking info so we know when to duck

Only northern Scotland, I'm 55 degrees 57'......

Good luck!

predicted tracks

At least if it does land in the US, NASA won't have to go far (as opposed to the other side of the world type of 'far'!) to collect the bits that are left!

absolutely - dd was most adamant that she wont be giving any of it back if it lands in our garden and I'm inclined to agree with her - theyd have to wrestle it off me!

I've asked DH to check our house insurance ~ we already need some work doing to the roof (leadwork, few loose tiles etc) and I'm wondering whether 'damage from falling space debris' can be included; get all the work done at the same time!

This is a useful website for a visual representation:

www.heavens-above.com/

It doesn't update automatically, so you'll have to refresh the page. It's a bit scary to see how fast it's moving.

OYBBK that last link looks a bit busy around Scotland .
If anything fell in my garden, I'd be inclined to tell NASA, but would charge them a fortune for access to my property to retrieve it.
( fondly remembers old farmer landlord, who always charged towtrucks for access to his fields when cars drove off the road into his fields )

It does Lablover - (un?)fortunately most of the uk passes are before predicted earliest reentry time, but they might be wrong with their prediction!

Bit more info here. Noting this bit:

The British Kettering Group of amateur satellite observers has been running predictions based on orbital data released by US authorities.
The group's latest estimates put a re-entry somewhere between 23:00 GMT and 15:00 GMT (00:00-16:00 BST).
"Statistically speaking, the most likely epitaph for the satellite is UARS R.I.P. (Remains In Pacific)," said group member Dr Stuart Eves.

And especially note this bit here:

"But there is still a chance that observers in the UK with clear skies could be treated to a 'fireball' display moving generally from north-west to south-east across the sky."

wouldnt it be cool to see it! patchy cloud tonight...

The Daily Telegraph thinks we'll see it from 9pm.

according to the circle of influence on that reentrynews website being sort of precisely right over southern Libya, at current predictions, bloody Gadaffi will be amongst a select number of earthlings to be able to see it.

Or, indeed, be hit by it.

hmm, interesting. That would be a superb conspiracy theory.

Have they lost it?
That Heaven's Above site isn't giving any coordinates or the position on the map!

so it is going to hit central africa at 0300?

bbc now saying fri evening 11pm ? Im confused.

I like this! <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=debris+map+from+uars&hl=en&sa=G&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=lv7jpWwsB3QfAM:&imgrefurl=www.godubois.com/cgi-bin/blah/index.cgi%3Fm-1316696779/s-0/&docid=KSJuwziXNzBJRM&w=600&h=285&ei=KOZ8TqGuMI-t8QOjpZl6&zoom=1&biw=1680&bih=860&iact=rc&dur=2&page=1&tbnh=95&tbnw=201&start=0&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=104&ty=66" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Penguins and Santa are safe!

Is that 11pm for going over us or for crashing in Africa?

I'd love to stay up and see the fireball but I'm already falling asleep on the sofa and it's not going to crash for a while yet I hope someone gets some good video which i will watch if i havent been crushed

Um i think we should be able to see it now as its above the UK.

Just went over Scotland, way too cloudy to see anything.

Do they know where it landed?

I've just 'Googled' this as DH was asking about it earlier. Says here it landed in the Pacific Ocean (Apologies as always for the Daily Mail link!)

Ooh thanks I didn't realise it was in the paper, what a numpty, thanks for link!