According to the British "Guardian" and other foreign media reported on the 26th, astronomers recently said that the US space exploration technology company SpaceX - the "Falcon 9" rocket launched 7 years ago, will collide with the moon in March this year after running out of fuel. At the beginning of January this year, the rocket "passed" with the moon.
It is understood that the "Falcon 9" rocket, which weighs 4 tons, was launched from Florida in February 2015, when it was responsible for sending a climate observation satellite into space.
American astronomer Bill Gray recently posted on his social media that after observations and calculations, he confirmed that the rocket's booster did not have enough fuel to return to Earth, and is expected to collide with the moon on March 4.
Typically, the Moon is 10 to 20 kilometers per second when colliding with large meteorites, more than three times the speed at which the Falcon 9 rocket flew. In addition, since the impact is expected to occur on the far side of the Moon, it cannot be observed on Earth, and with unpredictable effects such as sunlight, the exact location of the rocket impact on the Moon remains unknown.
However, Jonathan McDawwell, an astronomer at Harvard University in the United States, said on social media a few days ago that the impact is expected to be no major problem, but the increasing amount of space junk deserves people's attention.
(CCTV Finance)