In an article that appears in this morning's Sydney Morning Herald it
is reported that the failed 13.2 tonne Russian Phobos-Ground probe was "expected to
crash between 11:41am and 4:05pm EST".
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Originally Posted by AP, Sydney Morning Herald
It could crash anywhere along the route of its next few orbits, which would include Europe, southeast Asia, Australia and South America. The US, Canada and much of Russia are outside the risk zone.
A large part of each orbit is over water, and scientists have estimated that the risks of the probe crashing into any populated areas are minimal.
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Story here -
http://www.smh.com.au/world/science/...#ixzz1jXS0PjDa
An article also appears in the UK Daily Mail -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...th-Sunday.html