A rogue Long March 3C rocket part should have struck the Moon earlier today.
... [+]At precisely 7:25:58 a.m. EST/12:25:58 Universal Time today a rocket part launched by China eight years ago should have struck the Moon while traveling at a speed of around 5,700 mph.
The debris is the third stage booster from the launch of a Long March 3C rocket that launched China’s Chang’e 5-T1 spacecraft from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on October 23, 2014. It has been orbiting in the Earth-Moon system ever since, though rather erratically.
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