On Aerospace.org this is being called a "massive uncontrolled re-entry". It's happening today. It's a 23-metric-ton Chinese rocket booster, coming down from space, 53 metres long, and where will it land no-one knows, although there is projected tracking excluding areas of the globe, as usual. Dr Jan Eldridge, associate professor and HOD for Physics at the University of Auckland, and an expert in Astrophysics. She talks to Jim.
The meteor streaking across the sky was photographed by Jono Matla in Waikanae. Photo: Jono Matla
