In Chile, they fear that the Chinese rocket that falls to the ground could cause damage in the country

There is total expectation in Chile after in the last hours it was confirmed that the country is one of the possible impact points of a Chinese-made rocket, who has lost control and is expected to fall to the ground in the next few days.

It all started on April 29, when China celebrated the launch of the Tianhe capsule. for its Space Station, work achieved through the use of a cohete Long March-5B Y2, designed to send modules into space orbit.

Although the rocket was to return to earth via controlled recoil, something went wrong along the way. The above produced that instead of going home quietly, you will be trapped in the orbit of the planet and spin out of control.

The information provided by Space News also adds that this rocket would be over 30 meters high and weigh 21 tons. With these measures, the uncontrolled rocket it becomes one of the largest objects to return from space on our planet.

Chinese-made rocket may drop, experts believe from the northern hemisphere through the state of New York, Madrid and Beijing, in the southern hemisphere, in countries like New Zealand and Chile. Although much of the ship is expected to decompose upon entering the planet, there is a risk that larger materials will resist entry and fall anywhere in these countries.

According to the specialized site Aerospace, “The rocket is expected to re-enter the atmosphere next Monday, May 10. at 3 a.m. European time. Of course, with an approximate window of 41 hours ”. However, it is also believed that it could happen this weekend.

The fall of the rocket created such an expectation that even the Pentagon is closely monitoring the entire trajectory of the device, because they believe that “the rocket is out of control.”

Chilean experts call for calm

Meanwhile, as the rocket rushes across the planet uncontrollably, national experts called for the calm of the population. This is what astronomer Teresa Paneque said, who explained that the chances of the rocket landing on dry land are low.

“Number one: Our atmosphere will burn a lot of the material. Number two: Earth is first and foremost an oceanso the pieces will probably fall into the water, ”Paneque said in a TikTok video.

On another side, the astronomer of the University of Chile, César Fuentes, also mentioned this situation. According to his testimony, it is possible that the rocket will land “anywhere between northern Europe and southern Chile“. However, the chances of it landing on land or in habitable areas should be low.

“It’s an extremely large area, so statistically the probability that it does so on Chilean territory is very low, and even lower that it’s going to affect someone, ”Fuentes explained.

The expert also added that only “a small percentage” of this rocket is expected to survive. then burn in the atmosphere. However, this would not pose any additional danger.

“A small percentage of this rocket would have to survive the fall and then burn in the atmosphere by rubbing with it., so the probabilities are even lower, and it will be a fairly dense piece that will affect a point, which will make it even more difficult for it to affect a person or an inhabited building ”

If an object from the rocket survives on entering the earth, is there a chance that it will land on a person? Faced with this question, Space News’ calculations are categorical. “The chances that a particular person will be affected by space debris they are excessively low, estimated at their time at 1 in several trillions ”.

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