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They didn't bring us a gift, but considering the kinetic energy of a bottle of wine at orbital speed, that's probably for the best.

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Isn’t there an app that shows you exactly where that thing is, and when it will be visible over your location?

[–] auekay@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

https://stuffin.space/ should show you a decent percentage of objects tracked in Earth's orbit.

[–] LostXOR@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, but that's not to the precision of a few meters that would be required.